JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground
HTML
<div id="container">
<span>marco</span>
</div>
JavaScript
var c = document.getElementById('container');
c.__appendChild = c.appendChild;
c.appendChild = function(){
alert('new item added');
c.__appendChild.apply(c, arguments);
};
$(document).ready(function(){
$('#container').append('<span>polo</span>');
});