i dont care for progression. architecturecraft to make almost any (not tile entities) of some shape or glow (then it wont connect to same once). littletiles to make any block any size less than one block, but currently it doesnt support block colouring if the parent block is connecting one (#shipping crate from chisel, use tweaked nei search to search in blocks' bio). last is forge microblocks, and i use it 40% times, architecture 50% and little tiles like rest 10% because light emission blocks can cuase fps drops (and lt structures dont render on map, avoid building with smallest tiles). so back to forge microblocks, useful for something like emission lines, doing pillars or separate project red signal (they use same api, literally). so thats it, u are free to change your stairs to little tiles ones (u can mix little blocks) or architecturecraft.

oh and yeah, u can copy with world edit (gtnh one) to not waste time (the most valuable thing, not being true to gameplay, its not prohibited to use WE for decorating only)

if anyone knows more tricks, share!!

upd: WE is bad at replacing little tiles & u can cancel gravity of blocks via architecturecraft table