JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground

HTML

<ul data-bikeshedding="discard">
    <li>a</li>
    <li>simple</li>
    <li>way</li>
</ul>

CSS

li {
  display:inline-block; 
   background:#bbb;
   margin:0 1px 1px 0;
}

JavaScript

$('[data-bikeshedding="discard"]').each (function () {
      var node = $(this);
      node.html (node.find ('> *').detach ());
    });