Sails New Demo App Dead on Arrival Due to NeDB Errors

**Basics**
Operating System: MacOS 15.5
Node Version: 24.4.0
NPM Version: 11.4.2
Sails Version: 1.5.14

**Issue**
I decided to check out Sails.js for the first time today. Following the [Getting Started](https://sailsjs.com/get-started) page, this was my experience:

```sh
$ npm install sails -g
...
npm warn deprecated inflight@1.0.6: This module is not supported, and leaks memory. Do not use it. Check out lru-cache if you want a good and tested way to coalesce async requests by a key value, which is much more comprehensive and powerful.
npm warn deprecated rimraf@2.7.1: Rimraf versions prior to v4 are no longer supported
npm warn deprecated glob@7.2.3: Glob versions prior to v9 are no longer supported
npm warn deprecated glob@7.1.2: Glob versions prior to v9 are no longer supported
...

$ sails new test-project
Choose a template for your new Sails app:
1. Web App · Extensible project with auth, login, & password recovery
...
? 1
...

$ cd test-project
$ sails lift

info: Starting app...

info: Initializing project hook... (`api/hooks/custom/`)
info: Initializing `apianalytics` hook... (requests to monitored routes will be logged!)
info: ·• Auto-migrating... (alter)
info: Hold tight, this could take a moment.
(node:24478) [DEP0044] DeprecationWarning: The `util.isArray` API is deprecated. Please use `Array.isArray()` instead.
(Use `node --trace-deprecation ...` to show where the warning was created)
info: ✓ Auto-migration complete.

debug: Running v0 bootstrap script... (looks like this is the first time the bootstrap has run on this computer)
error: Bootstrap encountered an error: (see below)
error:
error: OperationalError [AdapterError]: Unexpected error from database adapter: util.isDate is not a function
at module.exports.bootstrap (/Users/tom/Code/Playground/test-project/config/bootstrap.js:62:14) {
cause: Error [AdapterError]: Unexpected error from database adapter: util.isDate is not a function
at module.exports.bootstrap (/Users/tom/Code/Playground/test-project/config/bootstrap.js:62:14) {
adapterMethodName: 'createEach',
modelIdentity: 'user',
raw: TypeError: util.isDate is not a function
at Object.deepCopy (/Users/tom/Code/Playground/test-project/node_modules/@sailshq/nedb/lib/model.js:116:14)
at Datastore.prepareDocumentForInsertion (/Users/tom/Code/Playground/test-project/node_modules/@sailshq/nedb/lib/datastore.js:384:25)
at /Users/tom/Code/Playground/test-project/node_modules/@sailshq/nedb/lib/datastore.js:382:59
at Array.forEach ()
at Datastore.prepareDocumentForInsertion (/Users/tom/Code/Playground/test-project/node_modules/@sailshq/nedb/lib/datastore.js:382:12)
at Datastore._insert (/Users/tom/Code/Playground/test-project/node_modules/@sailshq/nedb/lib/datastore.js:348:24)
at /Users/tom/Code/Playground/test-project/node_modules/@sailshq/nedb/lib/executor.js:40:13
at Immediate.process (/Users/tom/Code/Playground/test-project/node_modules/@sailshq/nedb/node_modules/async/lib/async.js:731:21)
at process.processImmediate (node:internal/timers:505:21)
},
isOperational: true,
adapterMethodName: 'createEach',
modelIdentity: 'user',
raw: TypeError: util.isDate is not a function
at Object.deepCopy (/Users/tom/Code/Playground/test-project/node_modules/@sailshq/nedb/lib/model.js:116:14)
at Datastore.prepareDocumentForInsertion (/Users/tom/Code/Playground/test-project/node_modules/@sailshq/nedb/lib/datastore.js:384:25)
at /Users/tom/Code/Playground/test-project/node_modules/@sailshq/nedb/lib/datastore.js:382:59
at Array.forEach ()
at Datastore.prepareDocumentForInsertion (/Users/tom/Code/Playground/test-project/node_modules/@sailshq/nedb/lib/datastore.js:382:12)
at Datastore._insert (/Users/tom/Code/Playground/test-project/node_modules/@sailshq/nedb/lib/datastore.js:348:24)
at /Users/tom/Code/Playground/test-project/node_modules/@sailshq/nedb/lib/executor.js:40:13
at Immediate.process (/Users/tom/Code/Playground/test-project/node_modules/@sailshq/nedb/node_modules/async/lib/async.js:731:21)
at process.processImmediate (node:internal/timers:505:21)
}

error: Could not load Sails app.
error:
error: Tips:
error: • First, take a look at the error message above.
error: • Make sure you've installed dependencies with `npm install`.
error: • Check that this app was built for a compatible version of Sails.
error: • Have a question or need help? (http://sailsjs.com/support)
```

---

Since this seems to be an NeDB error, I went to check in with NeDB. Looks like they stopped maintenance in 2021 (https://github.com/louischatriot/nedb/commit/2436f616c337fc7f41858f5428f749080a0367cd) and there [has not been any new code added since 2016](https://github.com/louischatriot/nedb/commits/master/).

Perhaps it's time to rely on something else for the demo functionality.

The *Empty* app option (option 2 when running `sails new`) generated an app that ran fine.

Reproduce the Web App template from the Getting Started flow with the reported Node.js and Sails versions, then inspect config/bootstrap.js around line 62 and the NeDB stack at @sailshq/nedb/lib/model.js:116. Determine how the demo template should avoid the util.isDate failure or replace its database dependency; done means the generated Web App starts and its bootstrap completes without the adapter error.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.