I mean the good news is that the regular DOM never really changed. It's still as awkward and clunky as it's always been. And all the snazzy new features that aren't just "here's an API for (other thing)" are pretty much universally trying to make using the DOM less painful.
Async/Promises/Awaitables -> Callback Hell.
Shadow DOM -> Not being able to defer DOM changes.
Async/Promises/Awaitables -> Callback Hell.
Shadow DOM -> Not being able to defer DOM changes.