Ten deep-dive reports
A "biology user manual" — nutrition, sleep, exercise, detox, brain chemistry and more. Every claim is tied to a specific genotype you can audit, written so a non-scientist actually enjoys reading it.
Browse the reports
A personal genomics project
Your DNA is a story.
Your DNA is a story.
I learned to read it.
Hi — I'm Steve. Gene Compass is my hobby: I take the raw data file behind a consumer DNA test and translate it into plain-English reports and a living wellness dashboard. This site is how I show friends and family what that actually looks like.
Plain English, no jargon
Built by hand, for fun
Not medical advice
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one raw DNA file
one raw DNA file
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deep-dive reports
deep-dive reports
0genes traced &
cross-referenced
cross-referenced
The craft
One raw file becomes three things
Every DNA testing company will hand you your raw data if you ask. Most people never open it. I open it — and turn it into something you can actually live with.
A living dashboard
One screen that distills everything: wellness scores, trait cards, a searchable gene table. It's the difference between owning a library and having a guide who's read every book.
Open the demoA daily protocol
Ten daily non-negotiables, distilled from hundreds of pages of analysis. Genetics is only useful if it survives contact with a normal Tuesday — so everything ends as a simple checklist.
See a sample day
The process
From spit kit to compass
01
Download the raw data
The file your DNA company already lets you export — hundreds of thousands of genetic markers.
02
Cross-reference research
Each relevant marker is checked against peer-reviewed literature, by hand, one rabbit hole at a time.
03
Write the reports
Gene by gene: what it does, what your variant means, and what — if anything — to do about it.
04
Distill the dashboard
Everything collapses into one living page: scores, traits, and a daily protocol you can follow.
See it, don't imagine it
Samples you can poke at
Both samples below follow "Alex M." — an invented demo profile, so no one's real health data lives on the public internet. The structure, depth and design are exactly what the real thing looks like.
DNA is a compass, not a map. It points at tendencies — the path is still yours to walk.The idea this whole hobby is built on
0+markers per raw file
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0+genes cross-referenced
0very patient family
An open invitation
Curious what your own raw data says?
If you're a friend or family member and you've ever done a DNA test, you're sitting on a fascinating file you've probably never opened. I'd genuinely love an excuse to dig into it with you.