Use mongoose that already is in the repo. It changes var to const.

models/asset.js

@@ -1,14 +1,14 @@
 'use strict';
 
-var mongoose = require('mongoose');
-var Schema = mongoose.Schema;
+const mongoose = require('../mongoose');
+const Schema = mongoose.Schema;
 
-var assetSchema = new Schema({
+const assetSchema = new Schema({
   title: String,
   created_at: { type: Date, default: Date.now },
   updated_at: { type: Date, default: Date.now }
 });
 
-var Asset = mongoose.model('Asset', assetSchema);
+const Asset = mongoose.model('Asset', assetSchema);
 
 module.exports = Asset;

models/comments.js

@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 'use strict';
 
-var mongoose = require('mongoose');
-var Schema = mongoose.Schema;
-var User = require('user');
-var Asset = require('asset');
+const mongoose = require('../mongoose');
+const Schema = mongoose.Schema;
+const User = require('user');
+const Asset = require('asset');
 
-var commentSchema = new Schema({
+const commentSchema = new Schema({
   content: {
     type: String,
     required: [true, 'The content is required.'],
@@ -27,6 +27,6 @@ var commentSchema = new Schema({
   updated_at: { type: Date, default: Date.now }
 });
 
-var Comment = mongoose.model('Comment', commentSchema);
+const Comment = mongoose.model('Comment', commentSchema);
 
 module.exports = Comment;

models/user.js

@@ -1,14 +1,14 @@
 'use strict';
 
-var mongoose = require('mongoose');
-var Schema = mongoose.Schema;
+const mongoose = require('../mongoose');
+const Schema = mongoose.Schema;
 
-var userSchema = new Schema({
+const userSchema = new Schema({
   name: String,
   created_at: { type: Date, default: Date.now },
   updated_at: { type: Date, default: Date.now }
 });
 
-var User = mongoose.model('User', userSchema);
+const User = mongoose.model('User', userSchema);
 
 module.exports = User;