@jedimarcus yarn dev start only the watcher(s)
you can start the server by using cd packages/xo-server and then yarn start
you can use nodemon instead of node if you want autoreload
@andrewreid XO team has released a new version 5.66.2 for XOA and new sources for the XO community that should fix most of the recent backup issue, so please update to latest and report back if needed.