Back in grade school, I never felt quite as ill-equipped, or frankly as stupid, as I did in biology class. In a twist of fate, I am dating a geneticist, and have been forced to reckon with the fact that his research is both fascinating and mostly beyond my grasp. Fortunately, when I’m not moping in a blog post, I can make myself useful through the god-given duty bestowed upon all DevOps engineers: tech support.