Author

Christopher Hartline

@eiseshow.bsky.social

I’m a Digital Alchemist. For over 40 years, I’ve been turning chaos into systems—recording studios, codebases, workflows, and now AI. Finally left the corporate software world, and now I'm working for myself. Just launched a new YouTube channel.

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Publications

Christopher HartlineJan 6, 2026

The Hour I Never Took Back - Sovereign Protocol Short Fiction

This is a work of flash fiction, but it's not an escape from the topics I usually cover here. It's a different lens on the same question: what happens when we optimize our way out of actually living? If you're here for essays and tutorials, there will be more coming. But I think you'll recognize this guy.

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Christopher HartlineJan 5, 2026

Why I Treat AI Like an Assistant, Not an Authority

An essay on why many Gen-X technologists are missing the real shift in AI — and how to use it without surrendering judgment.

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Christopher HartlineJan 5, 2026

Everything Is Something Else

My new YouTube channel that examines AI and modern work through judgment, context, and long memory.

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