In this post I compare existing solutions for the backend of AI generated apps and share our journey building Manifest, a minimalistic open source backend for AI-assisted coding. As of today, AI code editors already work very smoothly with frontend generation. Even a non coder is able to create nice UIs and websites with a bit of motivation. However vibe coding the backend side is still a bit laborious. The bootstrap approach to backend (local tools) Local AI code editors like Cursor, Windsurf a...