yet again, spending time trying to use an llm as intended was wasted. RTFM

https://jasmine.github.io/setup/browser.html#es-module-support

spec/indexeddb_spec.mjs

@@ -1,21 +1,7 @@
+import { SlopDB } from "../scripts/indexed-db.mjs"
 
-
+describe("sanity check", () => {
-describe("IndexedDB Abstractions", function () {
+    it("works", () => {
-
+        expect(true).toBeTrue()
-    beforeAll(async function () {
-        try {
-            const mod = await import("../scripts/indexed-db.js")
-            SlopDB = mod.SlopDB
-        } catch (err) {
-            it("works?", function () {
-                fail(err)
-            })
-        }
     })
-
-    it("lol", function() {
-        expect(false).toBeTrue()
-    })
-
-
 })

spec/support/jasmine-browser.mjs

@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 export default {
-  srcDir: "scripts",
+  srcDir: ".",
   // srcFiles should usually be left empty when using ES modules, because you'll
   // explicitly import sources from your specs.
   srcFiles: [],
-  specDir: "./spec",
+  specDir: ".",
   specFiles: [
-    "**/*[sS]pec.?(m)js"
+    "spec/**/*[sS]pec.?(m)js"
   ],
   helpers: [
     "spec/helpers/**/*.?(m)js"