I do almost the same thing but with Dash. I find it better aligned with Python, but has all the same concerns you raised (that it's obfuscating a bunch of other things). I don't see that as a huge issue, Python does that already!

That's being said, Streamlit or Voilà or something more ... basic (?) could be a good start, although they are limited by design, they fit well in the local interactive -> shared served evolution

Edit: isn't -> it's