Well there is a much larger focus on realistic survival, but I bet you could make some kind of item sorter using chutes and stuff. There are ways to grind mobs, but nothing to really cheese them like in Minecraft.

As for item diversity, there is a lot of different tree and mineral types (think Magnetite and Hematite being 2 ores for iron, with them being able to spawn in different rock types). I haven’t had too many issues with item sorting, but I’m rather disorganised in terms of sorting my storage.

Modders have probably made some sort of storage mods, since modding in VS is very robust and easy compared to Minecraft.

Crafting tools goes from bashing rocks together on the ground to make tool heads to pouring molten metal in clay tool molds (or physically smithing them out on an anvil with a hammer).

There are windmills, and the next update will bring water wheels, which power certain more advanced machinery like querns for grinding grain or helve hammers for somewhat automatic smithing.