Next.js + Laravel API on one Mac

Full-stack teams want app.localhost for frontend and API without CORS pain in dev.

MacFullStack Pro setup

• Project 1 — Laravel API (api.shop.localhost or alias).
• Project 2 — Next.js with Node proxy (shop.localhost → :3000).

Or one Laravel + proxy to Vite/Next dev server — depends on your monorepo.

Proxy setup

1. Node proxy → port 3000, command npm run dev -- --hostname 127.0.0.1.
2. Laravel .env: SANCTUM_STATEFUL_DOMAINS, SESSION_DOMAIN for cookies.
3. Sync vhosts after aliases.

Docs: /help/node-python-proxy. Free tier has no JS proxy — Pro.