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Serious question: how do you intentionally build spaghetti?

Every time I try to embrace chaos, I end up accidentally organizing things. But the bases I actually admire look like complete disasters that somehow still work.

I remember seeing a factorio youtube video and one comment said "the difference between an expirienced factorio player spaghetti and a newbie factory is like the difference between modern artist's art and a child's drawing" made me laugh.

Is there a mindset or approach to it? Do you just avoid planning entirely, or is there some hidden logic behind good spaghetti?

Looking for tips from experienced pasta engineers

Build what you need in the place you're stood/looking at when you decide you need it. Leave some gaps 2-5 tiles between builds to snake things through later. Upgrade using quality and stack inserters rather than redesign. And one of my favourites - need more coal in the centre of your base? Elevated rails go over almost everything

I make spaghetti by not planning at all. I build what I need at the time to get to the next research. If I'll need more of something later, then I cross that bridge when I get to it. Taking time to organize my factories doesn't really interest me at all. I just want to be able to do [x] as soon as possible. Right now, I'm doing a K2/SE playthrough, and the spaghetti is starting to get really gnarly.