These days you can write in say React or SolidJs or JSX I guess to say, and have it transformed into HTML only with no JavaScript.

You get the best of both worlds, better language than XML/HTML and yah, you can deliver only HTML since the consumer typically doesn't need all that JavaScript, spa stuff. The Island Architecture.

Feels like a good in-between. Good DX for me, great UX and mostly HTML with some JavaScript sprinkled and fallback for users.