Less boilerplate than raw SQL, less magic than ORM: generating PostgreSQL queries from Go structs

📰 Dev.to · Ara Israelyan

Learn to generate PostgreSQL queries from Go structs for a balance between control and convenience

intermediate Published 4 Jun 2026
Action Steps
  1. Define your database schema as Go structs
  2. Use a library like pgx or database/sql to connect to your PostgreSQL database
  3. Implement a function to generate SQL queries from your Go structs
  4. Test and validate the generated queries to ensure correctness
  5. Integrate the query generation function into your existing application code
Who Needs to Know This

Backend developers and database engineers can benefit from this approach to simplify their workflow and reduce errors

Key Insight

💡 Using Go structs to generate PostgreSQL queries can reduce boilerplate code and minimize the need for ORMs

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