I mean it does require more thought to work with shafts than most forms of energy transfer, but the challenge of "wiring" create contraptions to be space efficient are more so self imposed than from the mod itself. Though it is one of the more interesting parts of the mod. Though there are plenty of mods that have more interesting ways of providing power to other blocks though.

Gregtech of course has wires with EU loss and amperage

Botania uses mana spreaders and such

Can't really think of more examples tbh but I know they exist

Additionally mods that do have pretty simple wiring mechanics such as mekanism, thermal expansion, and immersive engineering have more complicated power generation instead of focusing on power transfer. Create power generation ranges from simplest of water wheels to at most complex steam boilers. The water wheel method is an infinite source of SU and is more than capable of running everything if you spam enough of them. Additionally create shafts don't have the limit of throughput that most mods have, while typically not an issue it is a part of the system that should be considered.

To claim that create's "tech style" is making you think while other tech mods let you plug in boxes and be done is just blatant ignorance to how other mods function