Writing mainly about development and anything else that interests me.https://www.louierichardson.com/en-GBhttps://www.louierichardson.com/blog/2023-year-in-review/https://www.louierichardson.com/blog/2023-year-in-review/Looking back at 2023; it was a great year in terms of my career and personal development.Tue, 02 Jan 2024 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.louierichardson.com/blog/how-i-became-a-self-taught-front-end-developer/https://www.louierichardson.com/blog/how-i-became-a-self-taught-front-end-developer/Let's discuss my journey to becoming a self-taught front-end developer from zero, and some of the mistakes I made along the way!Mon, 11 Sep 2023 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.louierichardson.com/blog/dont-become-a-vibe-coder-aka-prompt-engineer/https://www.louierichardson.com/blog/dont-become-a-vibe-coder-aka-prompt-engineer/My thoughts as to why giving AI the steering wheel can hinder our learning experience.Tue, 18 Mar 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.louierichardson.com/blog/my-thoughts-on-artificial-intelligence-as-a-web-developer/https://www.louierichardson.com/blog/my-thoughts-on-artificial-intelligence-as-a-web-developer/Sharing my thoughts on what artificial intelligence might mean for the future of the job market.Sun, 02 Apr 2023 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.louierichardson.com/blog/how-to-fetch-siblings-using-the-umbraco-content-delivery-api/https://www.louierichardson.com/blog/how-to-fetch-siblings-using-the-umbraco-content-delivery-api/A solution to how we can fetch sibling nodes using the Umbraco Content Delivery API.Mon, 28 Oct 2024 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.louierichardson.com/blog/how-to-re-render-a-lit-element-when-lit-context-changes/https://www.louierichardson.com/blog/how-to-re-render-a-lit-element-when-lit-context-changes/Lit will not re-render when objects or arrays are manipulated in context. this.requestUpdate() is here to fix this.Thu, 20 Feb 2025 00:00:00 GMT