bot-api/src/index.ts

import populateDatabase from "../tests/populateDatabase";
import { startApp } from "./app";

await startApp();

// This try carch is to prevent hot reload from making the process die due to coliding entries
try {
  // Not insert test data into production
  if (process.env.NODE_ENV != "production") {
    await populateDatabase();
  }
} catch {}