Simplify to tsx directly with explicit binary path and add verbose startup logging

Author: drixindustries

Dockerfile

@@ -2,17 +2,17 @@
 
 WORKDIR /app
 
-# Copy server package files
+# Copy server package files and install dependencies
 COPY server/package*.json ./
-RUN npm install --production
+RUN npm install --production && npm list tsx
 
-# Copy server source
+# Copy source code
 COPY server/ ./
 COPY shared/ ./shared/
 
 # Environment
 ENV NODE_ENV=production
 EXPOSE 5000
 
-# Start using tsx
-CMD ["npm", "start"]
+# Start with explicit path to tsx
+CMD ["./node_modules/.bin/tsx", "index.ts"]

server/index.ts

@@ -3,11 +3,17 @@
  * Production-ready, no Vite dependencies
  */
 
+console.log('========================================');
+console.log('🚀 SERVER STARTING - index.ts loaded');
+console.log('Node version:', process.version);
+console.log('========================================');
+
 // Try to load .env if it exists (local dev), but don't fail if it doesn't (Railway)
 try {
   await import('dotenv/config');
-} catch {
-  // Railway doesn't need dotenv - env vars are injected directly
+  console.log('✅ dotenv loaded');
+} catch (e) {
+  console.log('ℹ️  No dotenv (Railway mode)');
 }
 
 // Log startup environment AND all environment variables to debug Railway

server/package.json

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
   "scripts": {
     "dev": "tsx index.ts",
     "build": "echo 'No build needed - using tsx runtime'",
-    "start": "node --loader tsx --no-warnings index.ts"
+    "start": "tsx index.ts"
   },
   "dependencies": {
     "@solana/spl-token": "^0.4.8",