Times have changed, now you just need copper golems with no redstone lol. Doesn't get sorted? Add it to another chest and it'll be sorted now

I have to assume it must be possible to automate "storage module assignment" for items that flow into your unassigned bucket, since so many computationally tricky things are possible already.

Its just, I assume, a case of whether it is worth doing instead of manually assigning a new module for any new items added in updates.

On a tangent, I sort of appreciate the fact that a lot of this automation stuff isn't an inherent function of the game, they give you very low level components and you build the logic yourself. It makes those monumental technical Minecraft builds such a cool vibe. If things like filtering were more trivialised I think a lot of the magic might be lost

If you like automation, try the applied energetics 2 mod. You get a "chest" that can store all your items, automatically craft anything you need, including prerequisites, and can even interface with other mod machines with generic input/outputs for maximum ore multiplication etc.

Hence where the estrogen comes into play

I generally just set it up to sort basic blocks and items that I end up with a lot of (cobblestone, ores, etc). It's also pretty useful in stuff like mob farms to automatically organize the handful of items you get into their own chests.

it is possible just very annoying. with cubicmeter's copper golem design u only need to get 1 of literally every item ever to sort in categories for chests. also you can even sort unstackable items now with allay.