As others have pointed out, you could use a static html page, vanilla js, etc, but ignoring this, I see value for future learning. Sure, there are alternatives, but it looks like the industry wants React skills. I've never used React, and I'm pretty new to web design, so this makes me interested in learning. It's a small project, one which I could modify and study.
This is how I got into making my own website. I came across BMFW [0], and studied the CSS file. I styled my plain html, adapted their CSS, and then kept going, finding inspiration from other sites and projects along the way. Almost 4 years later, my site [1] is a lot better, though still not perfect or finished.
I plan to download this React template, and use it as a learning opportunity. I'm definitely more interested in learning Vue or another hipster ass framework, but at this point I've done zero learning. Gotta start somewhere.