I would argue that assembly is not so bad if you take the time to learn it. A lot of the "high level" things that people attribute to compiled languages exist

I would argue that assembly is not so bad if you take the time to learn it. A lot of the "high level" things that people attribute to compiled languages exist in assembly. And I also understand why it seems so unapproachable and why people don't want to learn it. If the bar for entry into assembly programming in 1980 was so low that a child could do it, why are we thinking that we should lower the bar further today? Spend that effort on something which will actually help someone, rather than putting JavaScript on a microcontroller.