I am Devon Hillard
I am a technologist and entrepreneur. I have specialized in ATG/Oracle eCommerce for the last 21 years, and am a Java/J2EE Architect. I am one of three founders of Spark::red a premium ATG Managed Hosting provider (now part of the Pivotree family). Eleven years ago we were three guys in a coffee shop, we grew to well over 30 people and host sites for the Fortune 1000. I also created 10MinuteMail, a simple and secure temporary e-mail provider which gets about 3.5 million page views a month. I recently started Black Magic Consulting to enable to me to help companies, large and small, with improving efficiency and automation via technology. I also have several other projects in the very early stages, so stay tuned!
Recent Posts:
Allow GitLab CI to use Docker Registry with Self Signed Certs
This is a follow-on to my last post about how to fix Docker errors when using self signed SSL certificates on your Docker Registry. When you are using GitLab-CI, to push or pull from your [...]
Solution for Docker Registry Error: certificate signed by unknown authority
If you are running a private Docker Registry, the Docker ecosystem makes it very difficult to run without SSL in place. Even thought the out-of-the-box Docker Registry container runs without SSL, over HTTP, many things [...]
New 10MinuteMail Beta!
10MinuteMail is over 14 years old! When I created 10MinuteMail back in 2006, it was for two reasons: first to help me deal with all the spam email I was getting and second so I [...]
Office Hours – Redux
I am offering my knowledge and advice for free! I have decided to repeat an experiment I did back in 2013, and offer Office Hours. The idea is that if you're interested, we can meet [...]