Even with Laravel you will write lots of Javascript unless you go for blade templates or that other templating thing. Javascript is also great for making the web interactive. Maybe the sheer amount of SPAs out there shows us what we really want from the web. Most things ppl use in their day to day life cant be built with HTML and CSS only
What 'other' templating thing? I'm assuming you're likely talking about either Intertia or Livewire. Inertia's more geared towards SPAs than Livewire though. Most Laravel devs tend to use JS sparingly - not everything needs JS.
Theres next to no reason why the vast majority of sites on the web would ever need to be heavily reliant on JS. Rendered HTML/CSS with JS being used sparingly for page functionality is a far better user experience. I'll never understand the obsession with JS for the sake of JS.
