scaffold laravel 12 backend

composer create-project laravel/laravel + artisan install:api.
sanctum removed (custom session-cookie auth per ai/backend-context).
personal_access_tokens migration + config/sanctum.php deleted.
default .gitignore excludes vendor/, .env, etc - composer install
recreates vendor at setup time.

backend/package.json

@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+{
+    "$schema": "https://www.schemastore.org/package.json",
+    "private": true,
+    "type": "module",
+    "scripts": {
+        "build": "vite build",
+        "dev": "vite"
+    },
+    "devDependencies": {
+        "@tailwindcss/vite": "^4.0.0",
+        "axios": "^1.11.0",
+        "concurrently": "^9.0.1",
+        "laravel-vite-plugin": "^2.0.0",
+        "tailwindcss": "^4.0.0",
+        "vite": "^7.0.7"
+    }
+}