an absurd amount of tomfoolery

src/lib/db/client-db/index.ts

@@ -9,17 +9,26 @@ import { browser } from "$app/environment";
  * Exported to allow query helpers to accept the specific type without
  * creating circular type references.
  */
-export type ClientDb = ReturnType<typeof drizzle>;
 
 // this is kinda mid
 export const sqlocal = browser ? await initDb() : null;
-export const db = sqlocal ? drizzle(sqlocal.driver, sqlocal.batchDriver) : null;
+// wacky typecasting, but it works to give type hints for db queries
+export const db = sqlocal
+	? drizzle(sqlocal.driver, sqlocal.batchDriver)
+	: ((await serverDb()) as unknown as ReturnType<typeof drizzle>);
+
+export type ClientDb = typeof db;
 
 async function initDb() {
 	const { SQLocalDrizzle } = await import("sqlocal/drizzle");
 	return new SQLocalDrizzle("database.sqlite3");
 }
 
+async function serverDb() {
+	const { db } = await import("..");
+	return db;
+}
+
 export function getClientDb() {
 	if (!sqlocal || !db) throw "Client DB can only be accessed from the browser";
 	return {

src/lib/db/client-db/seed.ts

@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ function ensureBrowser() {
 export async function ensureSeeded(
 	opts: { version?: number; force?: boolean; fetch?: typeof fetch } = {},
 ): Promise<void> {
+	if (!browser) return;
 	ensureBrowser();
 
 	const version = opts.version ?? AMQ_DB_SEED_VERSION;

src/lib/db/index.ts

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// import 'dotenv/config';
-import { drizzle } from "drizzle-orm/bun-sqlite";
+import "dotenv/config";
+import { drizzle } from "drizzle-orm/better-sqlite3";
 
 export const db = drizzle(process.env.DB_FILE_NAME);