turns out, we don't need this

makeDOM.ts

@@ -58,13 +58,8 @@ export function $el<T extends keyof HTMLElementTagNameMap>(
 					el.dataset[key] = (value as Record<string, string>)[key];
 				}
 			} else {
-				// For some tricky attributes, set them the old fashioned way using strings
-				if (typeof value === "string") {
-					el.setAttribute(attr, value as string);
-				} else {
 					el[attr as keyof HTMLElementTagNameMap[T]] =
 						value as HTMLElementTagNameMap[T][keyof HTMLElementTagNameMap[T]];
-				}
 			}
 		}
 		desc.shift();