I've been writing code since my teens, I've studied assembly... yet the fact that _things_ start happening when I press the power button on my computer are pure magic to me and I like it this way.
I started digging a few times, but, I prefer the "magic".
turtles all the way down
I prefer at least a superficial understanding.
Hopefully, there will never be a time when at least some folks are not reading books such as:
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/44882.Code