Honestly I don't think a low JS usage makes a website better. For me, I always cherished a separation of concerns approach, where I am trying to make a website work as good as possible with HTML and CSS only (including print stylesheets).
JS on the other hand is for me where the fun interaction comes from, where the little details can shine through, where visualizations can be made interactive so the user can play around and really start to understand what's going on.
But yeah, I guess in the golden age of React and Angular, I also understand why people hade JS bloated websites.
Here's mine, there is multiple scavenger hunts, games and challenges hidden on the website and/or in the code: