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This article and the following quote came up in Chapter 1 of Writing for Developers.

Even if you're writing about a popular topic, there's still a chance your post gets through to someone in a way other posts do not.

Why write? To practice writing so that you can write better in all sorts of venues and formats. To cement understanding because putting it in words makes you go a step deeper and wrestle with the hazy parts. To provide your perspective in case that is more accessible to someone than whatever else is out there. To demonstrate your expertise.

I usually try to wrap my head around the aspects I don’t understand before hitting publish. But for when I don’t have time to do that, I can call out that it is a gap in understanding.

Write to explain and teach. When you don't understand something, call out that you don't understand it. That's not a bad thing, and the internet is normally happy to help.