Urvisha Maniar

Posted on Dec 12

Backend, Frontend & Product Walk Into a Meeting… And AI Docs Finally Make It Less Painful

#documentation #ai #frontend #backend

Every dev knows that meeting.

Backend is explaining an API.
Frontend is saying “that’s not what we built.”
Product is wondering why the app behaves like a gremlin after 5pm.

Everyone is talking.
Nobody is aligned.
And somehow… the feature still ships.
(We don’t ask how. We simply accept it.)

Why does this happen?

Because every team is working with a different mental picture of the system.

Luckily, we now have a surprisingly effective solution:

✨ AI-generated documentation that explains your repo like a mutual friend who’s tired of mediating.

Let’s break down how this magic reduces cross-team chaos.

🤯 The Real Reason Backend, Frontend & Product Don’t Sync

It’s not personalities.
It’s not communication style.
It’s not “devs vs product.”

It’s simply this:

Nobody has the full context.

Backend knows what the API should do.
Frontend knows what the UI needs to do.
Product knows what the user expects it to do.

And the codebase?
The codebase knows everything — but explains nothing.

That gap creates:

misread requirements
mismatched payloads
“Wait, that lives in the frontend?” moments
Jira tickets that mysteriously duplicate each other
PR reviews that feel like a crime investigation

Documentation could fix this…
if documentation actually existed.

✨ Enter AI File Docs: “Ohhhh, that’s what this file does!”

AI-generated file docs explain your codebase in plain English:

what each file does
how things connect
what data flows through where
which files depend on which
why certain logic lives in backend vs frontend

Suddenly, everyone has a shared map.

Backend, frontend, and product stop interpreting the system differently —
because they’re all looking at the same explanations.

🔍 What These AI Docs Look Like (Fun Edition)

Old way:
You open a folder and see this:

/api  
/components  
/state  
/utils

…aaaaand good luck.

New way (AI docs):

/api/updateProfile.js → Validates incoming user data, updates DB, returns fields the UI depends on. Basically the grown-up in the room.

/frontend/ProfileForm.jsx → Collects user data, talks to updateProfile.js, and breaks if payloads don’t align.

/state/userStore.js → Remembers who you are so everything else doesn’t freak out.

Now backend, frontend, and product all say:

“Oh. Okay. That makes sense.”

(Which is basically a miracle.)

🧰 Everdone CodeDoc: The Tool That Writes the Explainers For You

Tools like Everdone CodeDoc (https://everdone.ai/) scan your repo and instantly generate:

file-level explanations
architecture hints
flow descriptions
cross-team-friendly summaries

So instead of Slack messages like:

“Hey, what does this file do?”

You get:

“Here’s what it does, here’s how it connects, here’s what depends on it.”

Christmas got Merrier

Everdone is giving 200 free file docs for Christmas, so it’s a perfect time to let AI describe your codebase better than a Confluence doc ever has.

Why All Teams Win

🔹 **Backend wins

Frontend stops misreading the API.
Product stops requesting things the backend literally cannot do.
(Everyone is happier.)

🔹 **Frontend wins

UI logic finally lines up with backend flows.
Less guesswork, fewer “why is this undefined?” moments.

🔹 **Product wins

You understand how things actually work instead of relying on myth, memory, and good intentions.

🔹 Engineering wins

Cross-team confusion drops.
Velocity goes up.
Meetings get shorter.
You might even get to finish your sprint on time.

🧭 When This Helps the Most