From afdc915aa2be850d8537e8719b08ce0ce21789e9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Paul Huliganga <paje0101@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 24 Mar 2026 20:04:28 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] fix(backend): remove require() usage in ESM database saver

Use writeFileSync import instead of require('fs') to avoid runtime
ReferenceError in Node ESM mode during periodic DB saves.
---
 src/backend/db/database.ts | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/db/database.ts b/src/backend/db/database.ts
index 70204ad..aca4f98 100644
--- a/src/backend/db/database.ts
+++ b/src/backend/db/database.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import initSqlJs, { Database } from 'sql.js';
-import { readFileSync, existsSync, mkdirSync } from 'fs';
+import { readFileSync, existsSync, mkdirSync, writeFileSync } from 'fs';
 import { dirname } from 'path';
 
 let dbInstance: Database | null = null;
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ export function saveDatabase(dbPath: string = 'data/recipes.db'): void {
   }
   
   // Write to disk
-  require('fs').writeFileSync(dbPath, buffer);
+  writeFileSync(dbPath, buffer);
 }
 
 /**