Yes, to cast to REAL using the code that I provided I would have to use FloatField, which on postgres would really convert to float and make me lose precision. And I actually use postgres on my local dev machine, but I added the possibility of using sqlite for some coworkers that are frontend only and don't want to setup any database locally, they just want the backend "to work" for they to do their job. And since django abstracts the db for the db stuff, it usually works. I have some ifs/elses here and there for things like full text search and stuff, but this issue specifically got me off guard.