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 #### Strict route exports
 
 With Vite, Remix gets stricter about which exports are allowed from your route modules.
-Previously, the Remix compiler would allow any export from routes.
-While this was convenient, it was also a common source of bugs that were hard to track down because they only surfaced at runtime.
 
-👉 **Move any non-route exports to a separate file**
+Previously, Remix allowed user-defined exports from routes.
+The Remix compiler would then rely on treeshaking to remove any code only intended for use on the server from the client bundle.
 
-For example, with take this route:
+In contrast, Vite processes each module in isolation during development, so cross-module treeshaking is not possible.
+You should already be separating server-only code into `.server` files or directories, so treeshaking isn't needed for those modules.
+But routes are a special case since they intentionally blend client and server code.
+Remix knows that exports like `loader`, `action`, `headers`, etc. are server-only, so it can safely remove them from the client bundle.
+But there's no way to know when looking at a single route module in isolation whether user-defined exports are server-only.
+That's why Remix's Vite plugin is stricter about which exports are allowed from your route modules.
+
+In fact, we'd rather not rely on treeshaking for correctness at all.
+If tomorrow you or your coworker accidentally imports something you _thought_ was client safe,
+treeshaking will no longer exclude that from your client bundle and you might end up with server code in your app!
+Treeshaking is designed as a pure optimization, so relying on it for correctness is brittle.
+In short, Vite made us eat our veggies, but turns out they were delicious all along!
+
+So instead of treeshaking, its better to be explicit about what code is server-only.
+For route modules, that means only exporting Remix route exports.
+For anything else, put it in a separate module and use a `.server` file or directory when needed.
+
+Ultimately, Route exports are Remix API.
+Think of a Remix route module like a function and the exports like named arguments to the function.
+
+```ts
+// Not real API, just a mental model
+let route = createRoute({ loader, mySuperCoolThing });
+//                                ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+// Object literal may only specify known properties, and 'mySuperCoolThing' does not exist in type 'RemixRoute'
+```
+
+Just like how you shouldn't pass unexpected named arguments to a function, you shouldn't create unexpected exports from a route module.
+The result is that Remix is simpler and more predictable.
+
+👉 **Move any user-defined route exports to a separate module**
+
+For example, here's a route with a user-defined export called `mySuperCoolThing`:
 
 ```ts filename=app/routes/super-cool.tsx
-// ❌ This is the problematic export
+// ❌ This isn't a Remix-specific route export, just something I made up
 export const mySuperCoolThing =
   "Some value I wanted to colocate with my route!";
 
@@ -656,7 +687,8 @@ export const loader = () => {};
 export default function SuperCool() {}
 ```
 
-Using the default route convention in v2, you can refactor to:
+One option is to colocate your route and related utilities in the same directory if your routing convention allows it.
+For example, with the default route convention in v2:
 
 ```ts filename=app/routes/super-cool/route.tsx
 export const loader = () => {};
@@ -665,12 +697,11 @@ export default function SuperCool() {}
 ```
 
 ```ts filename=app/routes/super-cool/utils.ts
+// If this was server-only code, I'd rename this file to "utils.server.ts"
 export const mySuperCoolThing =
   "Some value I wanted to colocate with my route!";
 ```
 
-That way your utilities are still colocated with your route, but in a separate module.
-
 ## Troubleshooting
 
 Check out the [known issues with the Remix Vite plugin on GitHub][issues-vite] before filing a new bug report!