Anyone else struggling with tricky Laravel debugging issues lately?

hey everyone,

i just pushed a new reporting dashboard feature to my Laravel app and it's been a bit of a headache. everything seems fine on dev, but on production, i'm hitting a persistent 500 error on a specific API endpoint that fetches data for the dashboard. it's really making laravel debugging a pain, and i'm kinda stumped after trying all the basic fixes like clearing caches and restarting services.

the main issue seems to be with a database query. here's a snippet from my Laravel log, it points to a database query but i can't pinpoint the exact column or join causing it:

[2023-10-27 10:35:12] local.ERROR: SQLSTATE[42S22]: Column not found: 1054 Unknown column 'reports.user_id' in 'where clause' (SQL: select count(*) from `data_points` inner join `reports` on `data_points`.`report_id` = `reports`.`id` where `reports`.`user_id` = 1 and `data_points`.`status` = 'processed')
{"exception":"[object] (Illuminate\Database\QueryException(code: 42S22): SQLSTATE[42S22]: Column not found: 1054 Unknown column 'reports.user_id' in 'where clause' at /var/www/html/vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Database/Connection.php:712)

wondering if anyone here has faced similar SQLSTATE 42S22 errors with complex joins and maybe has a quick fix strategy? sometimes it feels like i need a really quick laravel troubleshooting session with an expert. any thoughts on good consultation services for quick Laravel troubleshooting?

appreciate any insights, thanks!