`pnpm dev` never started the backend: the server dev script ran
`node --experimental-strip-types src/index.ts`, but type-stripping doesn't
rewrite the `.js` import specifiers to `.ts`, so it crashed on
ERR_MODULE_NOT_FOUND. With no backend on :3000, the Vite proxy waited the full
timeout on every /api call — the "Loading…" and "Signing in…" hangs.
- server dev script -> `tsx watch` (resolves .js->.ts, has built-in watch).
- Vite proxy targets 127.0.0.1 (not "localhost") so it never tries IPv6 ::1
first and stall — the backend binds IPv4. Belt-and-suspenders for the same
hang, notably under WSL2 mirrored networking.
Verified: pnpm dev boots the backend; health/auth/me ~5ms; browser login is
instant (was minutes).
julian
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