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 This sets up a `node9.11.1` environment, then uses `yarn install` to install dependencies and `yarn build` to build out the website to the `./public` directory.
-It also caches the `node_modules` directory to speed up sebsequent builds.
+It also caches the `node_modules` directory to speed up subsequent builds.
 
 ## Building locally