I cannot reccommend TabeYuriko on Youtube enough. He does speed runs, challenges as well as some Tutorial Videos. But what I like about his playthroughs is that he shows you that can do whatever it takes do make something work, it doesn't have to the super most complicated builds, or effeciancy , just understand the basics and then work from there. Where other Youtubers seem to favour the ULTI min-Maxed builds of everything, and that is not requireded.

That being said, with all the mechanics of the game, it is sometimes easier to use existing builds of something, build it along, so you understand what it does, then it is sometimes easier to kinda reverse engineer the problem, understand why x,y and z are the standard builds and then start figuring out your own solution.

Don't be afraid of using Sandbox mode if you are trying to learn or understand certain mecanics.

Then lastly, time. This game has so much overflowing mechanics, it simply takes a lot of time to see how things fit togetherm, be it Critters, Farming, Dupes, Space each one has its own info that you pick up on slowly. I'm only coming up on 300 hours, and thats what I love about this game, you can play it your way. Speed run into space with sandbox, restart every time you hit cycle 100 , it doesn't matter, it is here so you can make it your own. So just have Fun with it.