Writing about building things with AI — no coding experience required.https://simonplourde.com/https://simonplourde.com/blog/projet-4c-whats-changed/https://simonplourde.com/blog/projet-4c-whats-changed/Merchant logos, Google sign-in, a rules engine, settlement history, and more — a lot has been added since the first preview.Sat, 20 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://simonplourde.com/blog/projet-4c-behind-the-scenes/https://simonplourde.com/blog/projet-4c-behind-the-scenes/The stack, the workflow, and how I built a couples expense reconciliation tool with zero prior React experience — again using Claude.Tue, 16 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://simonplourde.com/blog/projet-4c-first-look/https://simonplourde.com/blog/projet-4c-first-look/A first look at Projet 4C, the couples expense reconciliation tool I built with Claude to replace our monthly Google Sheets nightmare.Mon, 15 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://simonplourde.com/blog/projet-4c/https://simonplourde.com/blog/projet-4c/My girlfriend and I were manually reconciling our shared expenses every month using Google Sheets. I dreaded it. So I built something better.Mon, 15 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://simonplourde.com/blog/behind-the-scenes/https://simonplourde.com/blog/behind-the-scenes/What actually went into building simonplourde.com — the tools chosen, how working with Claude looked in practice, and how it all got deployed live.Sun, 14 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://simonplourde.com/blog/website-one-evening/https://simonplourde.com/blog/website-one-evening/A step-by-step look at how an IT infrastructure guy with zero web experience launched a full bilingual website using Claude as a collaborator.Sun, 14 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://simonplourde.com/blog/hello-world/https://simonplourde.com/blog/hello-world/I built this website in one evening with zero web experience, using AI as a collaborator. Here's why, and what this blog is going to be about.Wed, 10 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT