Not a fan of Steve's Carts either, if that helps.
SFM is an extremely powerful mod capable of extraordinary automation. If you are willing to put in the hours to code it. I tend to be more of a console jockey, so the visual interface is kind of counter-intuitive to my way of thinking. Then again, I must be the only person in the modded MC community who misses RP2's FORTH computers, go figure. It was the only part of that mod that I still think could benefit the modding community... so long as it does not come with anything resembling a Turtle.
Steve's Workshop is a... how shall I put this? It feels like the first mod a person puts out. Learning a lot while they go through with it. Not bad for a first attempt.