I've done bits of assembly, but I've also studied compilers. They felt less magical to me when I learned some of how they work. Then again, I'm primarily a C++

I've done bits of assembly, but I've also studied compilers. They felt less magical to me when I learned some of how they work. Then again, I'm primarily a C++ developer, so I'm used to the output of my build tools being non-trivial to understand.