--- title: The Layers of Building Software | daily.dev description: A framework for navigating the rapidly changing software development landscape, especially in the AI era. The author shares a structured way of thinking — a... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/the-layers-of-building-software-latqdlffd twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: The Layers of Building Software | daily.dev og:description: A framework for navigating the rapidly changing software development landscape, especially in the AI era. The author shares a structured way of thinking — a... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/the-layers-of-building-software-latqdlffd og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/LatqdLFfd.png og:image:alt: The Layers of Building Software og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # The Layers of Building Software **[Eli Lap](https://daily.dev/sources/9mpm94ngnkb7anj3d9jij)** · [@elilap](https://daily.dev/elilap) · 1 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A framework for navigating the rapidly changing software development landscape, especially in the AI era. The author shares a structured way of thinking — a 'builder layer' mental model — to help developers make sense of constant change without losing direction. Split into two parts covering action and decision-making. ## Content When most people are always late for the new META that changes bi-weekly - staying on top becomes a real challenge. In the era of AI things are changing extremely fast. Without a structure, meta-understanding or other sort of a skeleton it feels impossible to navigate the world. For that reason I've dumped my knowledge and a way of thinking to help others navigate the changes. [https://read.elilap.dev/the-builder-layer-part-1-act/](https://read.elilap.dev/the-builder-layer-part-1-act/) [https://read.elilap.dev/the-builder-layer-part-2-decide/](https://read.elilap.dev/the-builder-layer-part-2-decide/) --- Tags: [#ai](https://daily.dev/tags/ai) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/the-layers-of-building-software-latqdlffd) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"DiscussionForumPosting","mainEntityOfPage":"https://daily.dev/posts/the-layers-of-building-software-latqdlffd","headline":"The Layers of Building Software","text":"A framework for navigating the rapidly changing software development landscape, especially in the AI era. The author shares a structured way of thinking — a 'builder layer' mental model — to help developers make sense of constant change without losing direction. Split into two parts covering action and decision-making.","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/the-layers-of-building-software-latqdlffd","datePublished":"2026-07-31T06:44:43.546Z","dateModified":"2026-07-31T06:44:56.966Z","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Eli Lap","url":"https://daily.dev/elilap","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--zNgXHXEh--/f_auto/v1731339521/avatars/avatar_9Mpm94NGnkB7AnJ3d9jij","description":"10 years of Web development with PHP, JS, Go and DevOps\nNow adding mobile development on top of it. ","interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"EndorseAction"},"userInteractionCount":270}},"interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":0},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":0}],"isPartOf":{"@type":"WebPage","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/9mpm94ngnkb7anj3d9jij","name":"Eli Lap"}} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Eli Lap","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/9mpm94ngnkb7anj3d9jij"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"The Layers of Building Software"}]} ```