npm dependencies

Dev dependencies are not needed in production

Others that are not needed in production

• Typescript packages
• Linters and formatters: Prettier, ESLint
• Testing - Jest, Vitest

Exception of devDependencies that are needed in production

• webpack
• tsc
• Vite
• esbuild

 "dependencies": {
    "@google/generative-ai": "^0.15.0",
    "express": "^4.18.2",
    "helmet": "^8.1.0",
    "openai": "^4.52.0",
    "sqlite": "^5.1.1",
    "sqlite3": "^5.1.7"
  },
   "devDependencies": {
    "nodemon": "^3.0.2"
  }

$ npm ci --omit=dev

• A clean install from your package-lock.json(more reliable, reproducable builds)
• Faster in CI/CD environments.