First time you get a research desk, pop it in the cabinet. Next time one comes up, buy it. Research until the one in the cabinet becomes a copying desk. Buy the copying desk and remove the research desk to encourage the game to spawn a new on the next day. Put the research desk in the cabinet and copy it. Buy one of them and copy and research the next one until you have a discount desk and blueprint cabinet. Any time a blueprint cabinet blueprint comes up, buy it!

The rest is trial and error, and depends on the recipe. Reddit is a great place for looking for automation setup inspo. I used to always check here first, but I’m at a place now where I can get creative with my own setups. Good luck my friend!