It's insane the speed of progress. That being said, the most smooth example in that tutorial (Temporal Kit) required a lot of outside processing.

I wonder if AUTOMATIC1111 ui will start handling workflow scripts, a.l.a blender workflow boxes.

There is another UI for workflow scripts: https://github.com/comfyanonymous/ComfyUI

Give it enough times and it will also have the UI simplicity of automatic1111 UI.