I wanted to practice some Java and Python and what better way for me than writing some RE tools. I decided on my SecuROM protected executable. While I was at it I loaded up the executable in Olly and even x64dbg and to my surprise it no longer ran under a debugger. 

It took me a while to figure out that I had fiddled with Scyllahide's settings a few years back. I found out the reason it didn't work no more. A hook of NtUserFindWindowEx caused SecuROM to detect the debugger somehow, whether intentionally or it's a byproduct of something

So far, no clue but after I finish up my tooling I may find out what it is, could end up being a good anti-debug check.

There's more to programming than just the web.

It seems more and more resources and courses focus on the web and the technologies that drive the web. This can't be all there is to programming. 

I signed up for a Java course, the neat thing is I get a certified document from our Ministry of Education, but the course is all about web development. It kind of bums me out, that there are so many interesting things to solve out there, and we are churning more and more web developers.