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The Real Math Behind Verizon's Layoffs (And What It Means for Your Job Search)

Felix D. Helix
January 10, 2026
12 min read
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Verizon laid off 13,000+ workers with a $20M 'reskilling fund'—but the math tells a very different story. Here's what job seekers and employees need to know.

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The Great Code Block Mystery: A Tale of Rich Text Editors and CSS Detective Work

Felix D. Helix
January 07, 2026
4 min read
26 views

What started as a simple question about code formatting turned into a deep dive through Trix, Quill, ActionText, and the quirks of rich text editors. Here's how we debugged our way to properly formatted code blocks.

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Fixing Blank Content in ActiveAdmin with Quill Editor and ActionText

Felix D. Helix
January 06, 2026
5 min read
33 views

Discovered a critical bug where blog post content disappeared in ActiveAdmin edit forms, risking data loss. Here's how we diagnosed and fixed the incompatibility between activeadmin_quill_editor and Rails ActionText.

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Why We Built Career Helix: A Job Application Assistant Tool Built by Job Seekers, For Job Seekers

Felix D. Helix
January 01, 2026
3 min read
41 views

Have you ever gotten an email about a job application you submitted but you had no clue when you submitted it? That was me for a bit. This is one of many reasons why Career Helix was built.

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