who i am

hi, i'm yafira, a design engineer and creative technologist in nyc who goes by electrocute, with a practice rooted in engineering, design, and art. i hold a master's degree from nyu's interactive telecommunications program (itp) at the tisch school of the arts and a b.s. in computer science from cuny.

electrocute lab is my independent practice. it officially launched in 2023, but the first spark goes back to 2015. my work lives under a framework i call poetronics, my own take on poetic computation. through it i explore open-source creative engineering: researching where computation meets craft, and designing interactive tools, educational resources, and experimental systems that make complex technology more approachable. i'm especially drawn to soft electronics, tiny computers, and alternative interfaces.

my goal is to lower the barrier to circuitry and code, and turn technical learning into something playful, accessible, and inviting.

why this exists

i love making things by hand and learning how they work along the way, whether that's stitching a circuit, writing a little code, or folding a zine.

in a tech world full of noise and things built to be thrown away, i'd rather go the other way. i believe machines can be tender: slow, calm, and good in the hands, with craft and softness living in the interface, not beside it.

craftcomputery is where that making happens in the open. you can watch ideas brew in the lab, get a glimpse of how they're made, and pick up a small batch when it's ready.

a lot of what i know came from people who shared their work. this is my way of keeping that going.

why handmade

a website, a circuit, a zine, a knit swatch: i think of them all as handmade things. small, personal, a little imperfect, and made by a person instead of a platform or a factory. this site is coded the same way.

to me, computing as craft means treating code and electronics like any other material, something you learn with your hands by trying, and sometimes getting it a little wrong. it doesn't have to be arcane, and you don't need to be an expert to start. slowness and smallness are their own quiet kind of resistance.