Managed App Backends

Use this skill to choose between managed app-backend platforms when the real decision is not just "which database," but which product backend bundle should own auth, data, realtime, storage, server-side functions, and early operational tradeoffs.

This skill covers:

• SQL-first and NoSQL-first managed backend platform choice
• auth, permissions, and data-ownership model tradeoffs
• realtime sync and offline behavior differences
• self-hosted versus hosted operational tradeoffs
• migration and exit paths when a platform stops fitting

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