As technology continues to reshape education and digital skills development, Sampson Ovuoba, a software engineer and founder of Windframe, explained in this interview with Funmi Ogundare how visual and AI-assisted development tools can help students learn UI/UX design and front-end development more easily by reducing the complexity of coding. He also highlighted how Windframe was built to simplify product creation, make tech more accessible to learners from diverse backgrounds, and help bridge the digital skills gap, particularly in developing countries. Excerpts:
How did your background influence your approach to building Windframe?
I’ve always been more of a builder in the traditional sense. Most of my background was in engineering, building products, and spending a lot of time inside codebases. But one thing that kept frustrating me was how slow UI work could feel sometimes, especially when you already knew what you wanted to build in your head. A lot of tools at the time either gave you beautiful designs with poor code output or good code with terrible editing experiences. I kept feeling like there had to be a middle ground where developers could visually build things without losing control of the actual code. That thinking heavily shaped Windframe. I approached it less like a design tool and more like an engineering tool for UI building. Even today, a big part of the product philosophy is reducing friction between idea and working interface.
