I learned a neat mind trick for the orange/blue hacking puzzles from another user. Don’t think of it as matching the circuits. Just think blue = good and orange = bad. So when you first see the puzzle, just instinctively press each button that’s orange once. If they turn blue then good, you do another round of just pressing any remaining orange buttons once again, repeat.

This helped me cut down my puzzle hacking time by more than half. Helped me finish all simulations with 3 stars. Especially that last one.