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Matt Brophy @brophdawg11.com · 12/02/2026

Pennsylvania is ill-equipped for multiple weeks of single digit/negative temps 😆

Basement torn down to the concrete foundation being dried with fans and a dehumidifier

Matt Brophy @brophdawg11.com · 16/10/2025

*record scratch* *freeze frame* Yep, that's me (Remix 3). You're probably wondering how I got here. This is how I like to visualize/explain the evolution of Remix and React Router. I was nerd sniped by a diagram @bradwestfall.bsky.social posted the other day so I finally put pen to paper

"React Router ate Remix"

Excalidraw diagram showing the progression of Remix and React Router and how features kept being ported back into React Router until Remix wasn't really doing much anymore so we just upstreamed it all into RR v7

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Matt Brophy @brophdawg11.com · 08/08/2025

They're gonna take our jerbs!

An LLM stating "there are two inline links in this document" and then listing 4 links

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Matt Brophy @brophdawg11.com · 31/07/2025

There’s a non-zero chance my daughter thinks she’s a dog 🤣

Our black dog looking out the window (for bunnies, squirrels, etc) and my daughter kneeling next to her doing the same

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Matt Brophy @brophdawg11.com · 29/07/2025

Zoey’s a big time splooter. I recently heard this referred to as Puppy Pancaking and I think that’s the term I’m using from here on out.

Black puppy laying on her stomach on the couch with her legs stitched out straight behind her, I.e., “splooting”. Her head is turned and looking at the camera

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Matt Brophy @brophdawg11.com · 25/07/2025

Ladies and gentlemen, I present to you the stability of Comcast Xfinity internet. Every morning this week. I spent >20 minutes the other day trying to get to a human to troubleshoot and couldn't get past their AI chatbots on the app or my phone either.

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Matt Brophy @brophdawg11.com · 10/06/2025

This hat is going to grill SO hard on the weekends

Red baseball cap that says “Daddio of the patio” on it

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Matt Brophy @brophdawg11.com · 02/06/2025

lol they aren't kidding when they say "strip" - it literally just removes the types and leaves whitespace in their place: In the source, this is: function commandIterate(dryRun: boolean, noTag: boolean): void {

A screenshot of a function in the node debugger showing whitespace where the types used to be in a function arguent

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Matt Brophy @brophdawg11.com · 28/05/2025

Some companies will bring in a karaoke DJ for their corporate event Shopify brought f$&#%*! Steve Aoki to Summit 🤯 And Phoenix - they were awesome

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Matt Brophy @brophdawg11.com · 21/04/2025

🥩 Happened to see some Waygu ribeyes at the butcher when I picked up our Easter brisket. Impulse bought 2 because I’ve only had Waygu once (it was amazing) and I’ve never cooked it at home. Grilled them up tonight and holy smokes this is going to be bad for my wallet 🤤

A large ribeye steak searing over hot charcoal flames

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Matt Brophy @brophdawg11.com · 14/03/2025

Sometimes it gets more granular than that! For example, <Link> is available everywhere - but you can only use the `prefetch` prop in framework mode because we know the route data/module information. Each prop has a smaller version of this along with the prop heading

Smaller icons-only React Router docs labels showing that the prefetch prop is only available in framework mode

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Matt Brophy @brophdawg11.com · 14/03/2025

This is so cool through - every hook/component indicates right at the top which modes it is valid in. For example - <Form> doesn't work in "declarative" mode because those routes can't have actions to submit to:

Screenshot of the React Router docs heading for the <Form> component, showing that it is available in "Framework" and "Data" modes, but not "Declarative"

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Matt Brophy @brophdawg11.com · 14/03/2025

React Router v7 docs just got a huge upgrade thanks to @ryanflorence (not on the good place yet). We brought API docs back into the left sidebar are now clearly labelling which APIs/features work in which modes. See reactrouter.com/home for info.

React Router v7 docs labels for "Framework", "Data", and "Declarative" - allowing us to better document which APIs/features work in which modes

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Matt Brophy @brophdawg11.com · 29/01/2025

The sun sets right through my new office window and blinds me between 4-5 everyday (at least this time of year). Always feels like a good sign to start wrapping up for the day.

A picture looking out my office window with the sun shining directly in the middle of it

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Matt Brophy @brophdawg11.com · 27/01/2025

Super Bowl bound 🦅 🦅🦅

Photo of my brother and me at the Eagles divisional playoff game. It snowed a bunch that game so the field behind us is coated in snow and im wearing ski goggles

Photo of my brother and me at the Eagles NFC Championship game with the field behind us as a backdrop

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Matt Brophy @brophdawg11.com · 21/01/2025

AM dog walks go brrr 🥶

Screenshot of the Apple Weather app from this morning showing a temperature of 3 degrees farenheit

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Matt Brophy @brophdawg11.com · 22/12/2024

We’re hosting family Xmas at the new house this year and I’m doing prime rib on the smoker, finished with a sear on charcoal. Did a dry run today with a smaller roast and feeling pretty good!

Boneless prime rib just off the charcoal grill for searing, after 3 hours on the smoker. Th meat is showing through as dark red behind a blackened char exterior layer

The roast cut open to reveal a perfectly medium rare pink inside

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Matt Brophy @brophdawg11.com · 10/12/2024

Let’s see your lock screen Always loved this rainy day beach photo my wife took of me

Black and white photo of me on the beach on a rainy day. I’m standing on the crest of the sand looking out at the unseen ocean on the other side. A trail of footprints in the sand leads up to me.

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Matt Brophy @brophdawg11.com · 28/11/2024

Nap trapped with my 1-month old sleeping on my chest on a rainy Thanksgiving morning - not too shabby :)

Our Christmas tree lit up with white lights in front of a glass sliding door and a rainy morning outside

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Matt Brophy @brophdawg11.com · 08/11/2024

Didn’t find these folks on here to quote but reposting for Philly-adjacent (or any other mid-Atlantic) folks!

JSConf 2025 announcement for October 14-16 in the Chesapeake Bay region

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Matt Brophy @brophdawg11.com · 29/10/2024

Now when I lose a ball I can call it "marketing" ⛳️ Kudos to @breakfast.bsky.social for the idea

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