Stuck on build step 1 and it takes too long to run

[coelmay]

Hi @pwarner3

@pwarner3

4:35:52 PM: $ npm run start
4:35:52 PM: > portfolio-website@1.0.0 start
4:35:52 PM: > node index.js
4:35:52 PM: Listener active on port

The issue here is you are invoking NodeJS to run a script and act as a server. This is not possible on Netlify. See

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