i'm yafira, a design engineer building soft interfacessoft interfaces.

electrocute-ui

Design system and React component library published on npm: 18 design tokens, 8 components, and a live documentation site. Designed, built, documented, and shipped end to end.

React · npm · Storybook

Soft Components

Interactive reference library for soft electronic components — felt buttons, fabric potentiometers, pressure sensors — each pairing a live physics-based demo with the material science underneath it.

Next.js · TypeScript · GSAP · Motion

tinytinker.tools

A growing suite of free browser-based tools for makers, featuring utilities for electronics, programming, color, generative text, accessibility, print, and other creative workflows.

Next.js · TypeScript

Lumi

Speculative migraine-detection wearable taken from research to a working prototype, spanning three hardware form factors and a companion app.

React · TypeScript · Vite

Spot Mapper

Real-time collaborative floor plan tool used by 150+ participants to claim exhibition spots at ITP Camp's showcase. Admin and viewer modes, token-based access, live sync, and handoff docs.

Leaflet · SheetJS · Redis · Vercel

TinkerThread

A circuit simulator for e-textiles and soft electronics, so makers can test soft circuits before stitching them.

JavaScript · Canvas

ml5.js contributions

Open source contributions to ml5.js: custom Docsify plugins for the documentation site, adding inline code explanations and copy-to-clipboard with a toast.

Docsify · JavaScript

Equitable Syllabus Project

Redesigned and rebuilt the Equitable Syllabus Project's website for NYU ITP as lead developer, migrating to Next.js with a new information architecture.

Next.js

the soft computer

A textile-based computer: four haptic felt buttons, a capacitive fabric trackpad, an e-ink display, and generative text. Exhibited at ITP's thesis show and the Open Hardware Summit Berlin.

Raspberry Pi · RP2350 · Python · machine knitting