The dual backend (SQLite via db.js + Postgres via schema.pg.sql) was a
maintenance foot-gun: a schema change could land on the SQLite path only and
silently 500 every read on prod (it just did, with #18/#13). Production has run
on Postgres for weeks, so SQLite is retired: ONE schema source of truth
(db/schema.pg.sql), no drift possible.
- dbx.js: default DB_BACKEND=pg; an unknown backend now fails loudly at require
time instead of silently selecting a stale engine.
- Deleted server/db.js, server/db/sqlite.js, server/db/migrate-sqlite-to-pg.js,
server/scripts/migrate-bizgaze-only.js (all SQLite-only, none in the runtime
path — the running server loads db/pg.js).
- Tests (e2e, db-smoke) target Postgres now and fail-fast (skip) unless
DATABASE_URL points at a disposable test DB — never SQLite, never prod.
- Removed the dead DB_PATH env + fixed misleading SQLite comments in the
Dockerfile / docker-compose (kept the /data volume: it holds
uploads/recordings/transcripts/downloads, not just the old data.db).
- CLAUDE.md: stack + repo-layout + run-locally updated for Postgres-only.
Runtime is unaffected (prod already sets DB_BACKEND=pg and pg is a prod dep);
this only removes the unused SQLite path.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
server/dbx.js selects a backend by DB_BACKEND (default sqlite; pg added at cutover).
server/db/sqlite.js wraps the synchronous node:sqlite instance in the async
interface repos will call — prepare(sql).{get,all,run}, exec(sql), tx(fn), init().
Results come back as resolved Promises so identical repo code runs on synchronous
SQLite (dev/test) and asynchronous Postgres (prod).
tx() gives multi-statement atomicity that stays correct on both engines (sqlite is
single-connection; the pg backend will run it on one pooled client) — needed for the
account-merge transaction in repos.
Verified: get/all/run/tx all work end-to-end; confirmed no code reads
.changes/.lastInsertRowid, so the repo conversion is purely sync->Promise. Unwired —
nothing requires dbx.js yet; prod path untouched.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>