Functionally, you don't usually need to know this kind of thing. But it's something that is taught in CS 101, pretty close to day 1. Yes, you should know stuff

Functionally, you don't usually need to know this kind of thing. But it's something that is taught in CS 101, pretty close to day 1. Yes, you should know stuff that basic! A better fit for your question would be, should a dev know the difference between big endian and little endian? (Hint: Yes)