# Notes from the build

Retail operations, compensation, inventory, and what agentic software changes about all of it.

- [Software with AI sprinkled on top isn't agentic](https://layerr.ai/blog/agentic-software-vs-ai-features): AI can write ordinary software fast, and chat on your data is useful. Agentic software is what comes after: standing instructions that keep executing.
- [How retail comp programs actually break](https://layerr.ai/blog/how-retail-comp-programs-break): Three failure modes we keep seeing in retail compensation programs, why point tools don't fix them, and what a durable comp system looks like.