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I have HA but my one principle is that it has to stay invisible.

That means it does things like switching off the lights when nobody is home, measuring temperature that informs heating, switching on certain things based on time etc.

But what it isn't meant to be is a dashboard that I have to look at constantly. All functions I need shall be accessinle with physical buttons, dials or switches.

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This is what home automation was supposed to be. You shouldn't be looking at it, it should just help you silently and reduce the amount of things you have to care about.

Turning lights off, closing shutters when it goes dark, handling temperature and CO2 concentrations, etc.

I feel people have a need to look at dashboards, have screens, etc (maybe it's some sort of sympathetic reaction about looking at dashboards all day at work?) instead of letting go. Dashboards should be looked at if something is wrong and automation is failing.

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