Fix failing local dev frontend API calls

Author: sahilds1

frontend/vite.config.ts

@@ -15,5 +15,11 @@ export default defineConfig({
     host: "0.0.0.0",
     strictPort: true,
     port: 3000,
+    proxy: {
+      '/api': {
+        target: 'http://backend:8000',
+        changeOrigin: true,
+      },
+    },
   },
 });