feat(internal): add NATS abstraction and DB connection manager

- internal/nats: Connection interface + InProcessConn, 7 tests
- internal/db: PostgreSQL connection pool + migration runner, 5 tests
- 75 total tests, build + vet clean

backend/internal/nats/client_test.go

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+package nats
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+	"time"
+)
+
+func TestInProcessConnSubscribeAndPublish(t *testing.T) {
+	conn := NewInProcess()
+
+	sub, err := conn.Subscribe("cyrene.test.echo")
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Subscribe error: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	err = conn.Publish("cyrene.test.echo", []byte("hello"))
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Publish error: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	select {
+	case msg := <-sub.MsgCh:
+		if msg.Subject != "cyrene.test.echo" {
+			t.Errorf("expected subject cyrene.test.echo, got %s", msg.Subject)
+		}
+		if string(msg.Data) != "hello" {
+			t.Errorf("expected data 'hello', got %s", string(msg.Data))
+		}
+	case <-time.After(time.Second):
+		t.Fatal("timeout waiting for message")
+	}
+}
+
+func TestInProcessConnRequestReply(t *testing.T) {
+	conn := NewInProcess()
+
+	// Set up a responder
+	sub, err := conn.Subscribe("cyrene.test.add")
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Subscribe error: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	// Responder goroutine
+	go func() {
+		msg := <-sub.MsgCh
+		if msg.Reply != "" {
+			conn.Publish(msg.Reply, []byte("42"))
+		}
+	}()
+
+	// Give responder a moment to start
+	time.Sleep(10 * time.Millisecond)
+
+	reply, err := conn.Request("cyrene.test.add", []byte("40+2"), 2*time.Second)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Request error: %v", err)
+	}
+	if string(reply.Data) != "42" {
+		t.Errorf("expected reply '42', got %s", string(reply.Data))
+	}
+}
+
+func TestInProcessConnMultipleSubscribers(t *testing.T) {
+	conn := NewInProcess()
+
+	sub1, _ := conn.Subscribe("cyrene.test.multi")
+	sub2, _ := conn.Subscribe("cyrene.test.multi")
+
+	conn.Publish("cyrene.test.multi", []byte("broadcast"))
+
+	// Both subscribers should receive
+	select {
+	case <-sub1.MsgCh:
+	case <-time.After(time.Second):
+		t.Fatal("subscriber 1 did not receive message")
+	}
+	select {
+	case <-sub2.MsgCh:
+	case <-time.After(time.Second):
+		t.Fatal("subscriber 2 did not receive message")
+	}
+}
+
+func TestInProcessConnClose(t *testing.T) {
+	conn := NewInProcess()
+
+	err := conn.Close()
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Close error: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	if !conn.IsConnected() {
+		// IsConnected returns true in our stub
+	}
+}
+
+func TestSubjectConstants(t *testing.T) {
+	// Verify subject naming follows the cyrene.{service}.{action} convention
+	subjects := []string{
+		SubjMemorySearch, SubjMemoryInsert, SubjMemoryDelete, SubjMemoryExtract,
+		SubjVoiceSTT, SubjVoiceTTS,
+		SubjIoTDeviceList, SubjIoTDeviceToggle, SubjIoTStateChanged,
+		SubjBridgeIncoming, SubjBridgeOutgoing,
+		SubjThinkerThoughtReady,
+		SubjRAGSearch,
+	}
+
+	for _, subj := range subjects {
+		if len(subj) == 0 {
+			t.Error("subject should not be empty")
+		}
+		if subj[:len(SubjectPrefix)] != SubjectPrefix {
+			t.Errorf("subject %s should start with %s", subj, SubjectPrefix)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+func TestSubscriptionUnsubscribe(t *testing.T) {
+	conn := NewInProcess()
+	sub, _ := conn.Subscribe("cyrene.test.temp")
+
+	err := sub.Unsubscribe()
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Errorf("Unsubscribe error: %v", err)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestConnectionInterface(t *testing.T) {
+	// Verify InProcessConn satisfies Connection interface
+	var conn Connection = NewInProcess()
+	_ = conn
+}