fix: address review feedback

Author: YasharF

app.js

@@ -18,8 +18,12 @@ const { flash } = require('./config/flash');
  */
 try {
   process.loadEnvFile('.env.example');
-} catch {
-  console.log('No .env.example file found. This is OK if the required environment variables are already set in your environment.');
+} catch (err) {
+  if (err && err.code === 'ENOENT') {
+    console.log('No .env.example file found. This is OK if the required environment variables are already set in your environment.');
+  } else {
+    console.error('Error loading .env.example file:', err);
+  }
 }
 
 /**

test/playwright.config.js

@@ -6,9 +6,9 @@ const originalMongoUri = process.env.MONGODB_URI;
 process.loadEnvFile(path.resolve(__dirname, '.env.test'));
 // If MONGODB_URI was not set by the outer environment (originalMongoUri undefined)
 // but was loaded from the env file, remove it so the memory-server starter can create a DB.
-if (originalMongoUri) {
+if (originalMongoUri !== undefined) {
   process.env.MONGODB_URI = originalMongoUri;
-} else if (process.env.MONGODB_URI) {
+} else if (process.env.MONGODB_URI !== undefined) {
   delete process.env.MONGODB_URI;
 }