I am Devon Hillard
I am a technologist and entrepreneur. I have specialized in ATG/Oracle eCommerce for the last 23 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 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:
Jump Start Your App With A Spring User Management App
Many of the web applications I build require user management. Registration, Login, that sort of thing. Implementing that properly always takes more time than I expect. So I've written a flexible, easily configurable, User [...]
Remove Metadata Online For Free
Almost every file we have on our phones, tablets, and computers, has secret information in it. This Metadata is a hidden part of photos, videos, PDFs, Word and Excel documents, and more. You should always [...]
AWS Lambda and EFS Troubleshooting
Being able to connect your AWS Lambda Serverless function to an EFS file system opens the door to a lot of new uses for Lambda functions. You are no longer limited to 512 MB of [...]
File Uploads to AWS S3 Made Easy!
If you need to let end users of your website or web application upload files, read on! Using AWS, there is an easy way to use S3 and Lambda to handle file uploads in a [...]