The thing is the compiler does exactly what you want it to 99.999…% of the time so you never have to drop down into ASM

That’s not really true in this case

I think a person with zero coding knowledge would have a lot tougher time using these tools successfully

Is it muscle atrophy if you were a weakling since birth? Is it retina degeneration if you were born blind? No, because atrophy is a loss of a prior strength, and not an ever–existing weakness, but it's just as bad.