When I’m developing locally i have a local postgres database I use. 
Docker for dev:
FROM node:16-alpine
RUN apk update && apk add --no-cache build-base gcc autoconf automake zlib-dev libpng-dev nasm bash vips-dev
ARG NODE_ENV=development
ENV NODE_ENV=${NODE_ENV}
WORKDIR /opt/
COPY ./package.json ./package-lock.json ./
ENV PATH /opt/node_modules/.bin:$PATH
RUN npm install
WORKDIR /opt/app
COPY ./ .
RUN npm run build
EXPOSE 1337
CMD [“npm”, “run”, “develop”]
Docker for prod:
FROM node:16-alpine as build
RUN apk update && apk add --no-cache build-base gcc autoconf automake zlib-dev libpng-dev vips-dev > /dev/null 2>&1
ARG NODE_ENV=production
ENV NODE_ENV=${NODE_ENV}
WORKDIR /opt/
COPY ./package.json ./package-lock.json ./
ENV PATH /opt/node_modules/.bin:$PATH
RUN npm install --production
WORKDIR /opt/app
COPY ./ .
RUN npm run build
FROM node:16-alpine
RUN apk add --no-cache vips-dev
ARG NODE_ENV=production
ENV NODE_ENV=${NODE_ENV}
WORKDIR /opt/
COPY --from=build /opt/node_modules ./node_modules
ENV PATH /opt/node_modules/.bin:$PATH
WORKDIR /opt/app
COPY --from=build /opt/app ./
EXPOSE 1337
CMD [“npm”, “run”,“start”]