There is a value to keeping it completely clear in your head the difference between a value with arithmetic semantics vs a value with octets in a stream semanti

There is a value to keeping it completely clear in your head the difference between a value with arithmetic semantics vs a value with octets in a stream semantics. That thinking will work in all contexts, while the compiler knowledge is limited. The thinking will help you write correct ways to encode data in the URL or into a file being uploaded that your code generates for discord or whatever, in Python, without knowledge of the true endianness of the system the code is running on.