can't run nestjs project if it's using esm

[robertIsaac]

Current Behavior

it fails to build/serve

Expected Behavior

it works just fine

GitHub Repo

https://github.com/robertIsaac/nx-nest-esm

Steps to Reproduce

1. clone the project and try to run it

Nx Report

Node           : 22.17.0
OS             : darwin-arm64
Native Target  : aarch64-macos
npm            : 10.9.2

nx                 : 22.3.3
@nx/js             : 22.3.3
@nx/eslint         : 22.3.3
@nx/workspace      : 22.3.3
@nx/jest           : 22.3.3
@nx/devkit         : 22.3.3
@nx/eslint-plugin  : 22.3.3
@nx/nest           : 22.3.3
@nx/node           : 22.3.3
@nx/web            : 22.3.3
@nx/webpack        : 22.3.3
@nx/docker         : 22.3.3
typescript         : 5.9.3
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Registered Plugins:
@nx/webpack/plugin
@nx/eslint/plugin
@nx/jest/plugin
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Cache Usage: 0.00 B / 46.04 GB

Failure Logs

Package Manager Version

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Operating System

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Additional Information

this was already addressed in #31965
but it still doesn't work for me