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by nolanl 634 days ago
I use shadow DOM every day, but yes, it is often the part of WCs that baffles people – probably because they don't need it.

Alternative approaches that may work for your use case:

- "HTML web components" [1] - light DOM only, SSR-first, good as a replacement for "jQuery sprinkles"

- "Shadow gristle" [2] - use as little shadow DOM as possible. If you need styling or composition, put it in the light DOM!

[1]: https://adactio.com/journal/20618

[2]: https://glazkov.com/2023/03/02/shadow-gristle/