notes from electrocute lab — soft electronics, e-textiles, poetronics, and other gentle machines.https://blog.electrocute.io/en-ushttps://blog.electrocute.io/posts/soft-components/https://blog.electrocute.io/posts/soft-components/I've spent the last few weeks building Soft Components — a digital library of soft electronic components. Buttons made of felt. Potentiometers made of fabric. Sensors you can squeeze. Each entry pairs…Wed, 22 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMTsoft-componentssoft-electronicse-textilesdigital librarydesign-engineeringsoft-circuitshttps://blog.electrocute.io/posts/npm-i-electrocute-ui/https://blog.electrocute.io/posts/npm-i-electrocute-ui/Three years ago I started a design system. I had a Figma file, a few color palettes named things like "goth grunge" and "sweet mochi," some buttons, some cards. And then I just... stopped. 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