PostgreSQL Generated Columns by Example | POSETTE: An Event for Postgres 2026
Django 5.0 added a GeneratedField ORM layer over PostgreSQL Generated Columns, computed in-database for speed.
“using Django in the right way, you have to try to use the lower level if you want to be faster”
A conference talk explains how to use PostgreSQL Generated Columns via Django's GeneratedField, including the new virtual (non-persistent) option in Postgres 18. It is a database/ORM engineering topic with no meaningful AI industry signal.