But in a way a 90s assembler dev would argue that todays developers are not understanding how things work "under the hood" at all. I guess with each generation we just abstract to higher layers and solve bigger problems while just "relying on things under the hood to work just fine".

Yeah, that’s a fair point. Abstraction is part of progress — and we do rely more and more on things “just working.”

But that trust can be dangerous when we don’t even know what we’re trusting. And when something breaks, it can leave us completely blind.

I’m not saying everyone needs to go all the way down to the metal — but I do think it’s important to at least understand the boundaries. Know what’s underneath, even if you don’t touch it every day.

Otherwise, it’s not engineering anymore — it’s guessing.

And I’ve never been good at just “believing” things work. I need to poke around, break them, fix them. That’s how I learn. Maybe I’m just stubborn like that.