Advanced tips and tricks for the game
I've been playing for a while and I have picked up a couple of things that I find helpful, there's a lot of beginners guides around for this game, but not much intermediate to advanced info sharing that I see. Here's a few that made a difference to me, feel free to share your own
Vending machines are great for more than just trading. I use mine to dispense tools I don't regularly use, like the liquid vacuum, spray cans, the painting tool, terrain manipulator, etc. They're super convenient compared to a big old messy shelf in my eyes.
IC10 is very useful. The way I started learning is by converting my walls upon walls of logic chips into IC chips. When you're first starting out, it's good to have a solid idea of what you want to do, and how you want to do it, and a preexisting logic setup gives you that in spades, that way you can focus purely on the coding. My record for compression is turning a wall of 24 total logic chips into 1 single IC chip. It was my crafting system, that made it so I didn't have to babysit machines to craft stuff. I was then able to add extra functionality to it, which made it way better. In all, the system probably would have taken 40 logic chips to get equivalent functionality without IC.
Airlocks are a common pain point in base design, because they can just take *so damn long.* There's a few methods you can mix and match to make them faster. The one I use is to completely skip the pressurizing phase by turning both the numbers to zero in the config menu. This makes it so the air equalizes with the inside and outside when the doors open, rather than needing a vent system. I keep all my stuff in lockers anyways, so some air flow isn't a big deal.
If you don't want to do that, you can add a buffer system in your airlock. Essentially, use a combination of regulators and back pressure regulators to make sure your vents in your airlock always have a lot of air to work with in their pipes. This will make them way faster. I pressurize mine to 40mpa, when I use this method. If that's still not enough, you can use powered vents or large powered vents, which are just beefed up vents.
When building a rocket, it may be tempting to use rocket fuel tanks. This is a trap. Use insulated pipe utility tanks, they give you more fuel capacity per square, are way more flexible, and are insulated, so you don't have to worry about the environment warming up your precious liquid fuel.
I'll add more if I think of more, I'd love to hear your guys' too!