How I'm Building my First Full Stack Project

Is AI just hype, or can it actually be safely and effectively integrated into modern business systems? I'm currently undertaking my first full stack project. It's called BFshop and on the surface you'd be forgiven for thinking it's just another E-commerce project but there's two things that will set BFshop apart: There will be a customer storefront (currently live and under construction in the projects section of my website) where orders can be placed. There will also be a merchant interface tracking these same orders which will pass between received, sent and delivered status It will be a fully business system including work flows made with n8n But it's still missing something... What could it be missing? What is the one essential ingredient in 2026? We all know what it is. AI. How am I going to implement AI without it being AI for the sake of AI? Think of BFshop as a two lane structure. Lane 1: traditional interactivity connects frontend to backend; you click submit order, shipment r