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They Want a Unicorn for a Pony's Salary

Felix D. Helix
May 06, 2026
9 min read
59 views

A job posting asking for 5+ years and 17 technologies at $80K reveals a troubling trend in tech hiring — especially at consultancies. Here's what it means for you.

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Your Data is Their Gold: The AI Consent Trap

Felix D. Helix
May 02, 2026
11 min read
64 views

I had to consent to AI use to continue mental health care. In 2025, over 20 states passed laws requiring AI disclosure in healthcare. Artists are suing over billions of images used without consent. Your data fuels the machine that's replacing you.

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The Job Application Timeline: See Everything That Happened, In Order

Felix D. Helix
April 27, 2026
5 min read
71 views

One late night, a conversation about what makes a job tracker actually useful turned into a complete rebuild of the job application detail view. Here's what we built and why we think it matters.

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Improving Your Job Search: Introducing Sorting and Bulk Archiving in Career Helix

Felix D. Helix
April 26, 2026
2 min read
93 views

Searching for a new role is a full-time job in itself. As your list of applications grows from a dozen to a hundred, keeping your dashboard organized shouldn't be the hardest part of your day. Today, we’re excited to announce two major workflow improvements to Career Helix: Advanced Sorting and Bulk Archiving!

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The Hidden Costs of AI: Water, Power, and Who Really Pays

Felix D. Helix
April 20, 2026
12 min read
98 views

Large AI data centers consume 5 million gallons of water daily. Your electricity bill is up $16/month. Tech giants spent $405 billion on AI in 2025, but communities pay the environmental price.

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Every Company You Apply To Now Has Its Own Page on Career Helix

Felix D. Helix
April 18, 2026
5 min read
79 views

Researching a company and tracking your application used to mean switching between tabs. Not anymore. Company profiles on Career Helix put everything in one place — built for people who are actively in the search.

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The AI Layoff Paradox: From Star Trek to Hunger Games

Felix D. Helix
April 16, 2026
7 min read
95 views

They promised us a utopia where AI would free us to live our lives. Instead, 55,000+ workers lost jobs in 2025 while tech giants spent $405 billion on AI. Who's really benefiting from this "revolution"?

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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
294 views

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
241 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
233 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
232 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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