How to config nodemon to execute emitted Javascript files from Typescript files using ts-node and tsconfig-paths?

Question

Problem

I want to use path aliasing in NodeJS + TS. To do that, I need to:

• declare baseUrl and paths in tsconfig.json to denote I want to use path alias (avoid import { sth } from "./../../../sth.ts"
• use tsconfig-paths to "load modules whose location is specified in the paths" (aka my path alias would be mapped to physical files)
• use ts-node to run tsconfig-paths with: ts-node -r tsconfig-paths/register ./src/server.ts

The whole process could now be solved with this, based on this answer:
nodemon -e js --exec ts-node -r tsconfig-paths/register ./src/server.ts

My problem is that, nodemon executes the TS files, not the emitted JS files.

Questions:

1. How can I use these tools to point nodemon to run emitted JS files (inside dist/ folder) instead of TS files and nodemon still understands my path alias ?
2. I also tried nodemon dist/server.js --exec ts-node -r tsconfig-paths/register ./src/server.ts but it doesn't work, but why the previous script work ?
3. Bonus question: in nowsaday, should I run backend Node server from emitted JS files ? or should I just run straight from TS files ?

Environment

• NodeJS: v16.16.0
• nodemon: v2.0.20
• tsconfig-paths: v4.1.0
• ts-node: v10.9.1

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Code

tsconfig.json

{
    "compilerOptions": {
      "target": "es6",
      "module": "commonjs",
      "lib": ["dom", "es2015", "es5", "es6", "es2020"],
      "sourceMap": true,
      "moduleResolution": "node",
      "baseUrl": "./",
      "outDir": "./dist",
      "rootDir": "./src",
      "paths": {

        "~/*": ["src/*"]
      },
      "strict": true,
      "skipLibCheck": true,
      "allowSyntheticDefaultImports": true,
      "forceConsistentCasingInFileNames": true,
      "esModuleInterop": true,
      "emitDecoratorMetadata": true,
      "experimentalDecorators": true,
      "strictPropertyInitialization": false
    }
  }