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<h2 class="text-centered">Hi, I'm Cory</h2>

<strong class="highlight-text">I'm a software developer based in Camarillo, California</strong>. I enjoy hanging out with my beautiful family and 3 rescue dogs, technology, automation, [music](https://coryd.dev/music), [writing](https://coryd.dev/posts), [reading](https://coryd.dev/books), [tv](https://coryd.dev/watching#tv) and [movies](https://coryd.dev/watching#movies). Lately I've been listening to a lot of <strong class="highlight-text">{{ artist.title }}</strong>, reading <strong class="highlight-text">{{ book.title }}</strong> and watching <strong class="highlight-text">{{ show.name }}</strong>.

I build, maintain and design web applications. I've been coding professionally since 2010 with a focus on frontend technologies. I also mentor through [Underdog Devs](https://www.underdogdevs.org).

I tend to write about whatever strikes me, with a focus on development, technology, automation or issues I run into with these things. This is all typically light on editing with and heavy on spur of the moment thoughts.

[You can also see what I'm doing now](/now), [take a look at the links I've shared recently](/links) or [check out the webrings I'm a member of](/webrings).

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