Drizzle ORM throws 'column ... does not exist' after rename in schema.ts
Drizzle's schema.ts diff vs the live DB silently desyncs when you rename a column; the generated SQL adds the new column but doesn't drop the old reference.
What's going on
When you rename a column in Drizzle's schema.ts (for example, changing `userName` to refer to a new database column), running your app suddenly throws a runtime PostgresError that the column doesn't exist — even though schema.ts clearly declares it. The error appears AFTER deploy but never in local typecheck.
The underlying cause is that Drizzle's schema.ts is the source of truth for code, but the live database is the source of truth for data. When you rename without running `drizzle-kit generate`, the migration file references the new column name while the actual database still has the old one. The two sources of truth drift apart, silently.
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