You could generate an empty workspace like
$ npx create-nx-workspace expresswrkspace
and choose "empty" when being asked for a preset.
Then add node support with
$ npm i @nrwl/node
and generate a new empty node app like
$ nx g @nrwl/node:app myapp
From there you can add express etc.
@akumbhani66
Yeah this is a veeeery old Gist. We at Nx are actually currently working on a ton of improvements for Node 😃