1900.live

What It Is

1900.live, “1900的灯泡店,” is the personal independent blog of the blogger 1900. According to the site content, the author says they have been blogging since around 2009, and the site has long documented life, photography, solar terms, travel, outdoor activities, films, music, programming, and blog tinkering. It is more of a personal digital garden and life archive than a commercial product or public forum.

Core Features

The site includes sections such as Home, Now, Books/Movies/Music/Games, About, Albums, Footprints, Archives, and Tags, and it displays a post heatmap and tag statistics. The visible article count is currently 849, with tags covering sharing, daily notes, solar terms, photography, design, toolbox, life, opinions, coding, travel notes, and more. The site supports RSS, provides a GitHub link, and also incorporates Mastodon/Fediverse-based replies, reflecting an independent-blog and open-web orientation.

Pricing

The site’s content is publicly accessible for free. No paid membership, subscription plan, advertising package, or commercial service pricing is visible. The licensing information is CC BY-NC-ND 4.0, suggesting the content is intended mainly for non-commercial sharing with attribution.

Pros and Cons

Its strengths are authentic content, strong continuity, clear sections, and a distinctive personal style. Its tech stack is also relatively transparent: it states that the latest version of Ghost is used as the CMS, the frontend is generated with Astro, the frontend and backend run on Tencent Cloud, and files are stored on UPYUN, which may be useful as a reference for independent-site builders. The downside is that it is, after all, a personal blog: topics are scattered, and professional search and structured knowledge accumulation are limited. Interaction relies on the Fediverse, which is not especially beginner-friendly for general readers. There is also no clearly visible privacy policy or commercial support information.

Who It’s For

It is suitable for readers who enjoy Chinese independent blogs, personal narratives, photography and solar-term records, travel and outdoor essays, or who are interested in a Ghost + Astro static blog architecture. It is not suitable for those looking for standardized tools, courses, software services, or highly active community interaction.

Access from China

The site has a Shu ICP filing and uses domestic infrastructure such as Tencent Cloud and UPYUN. Based on the crawled information, users in mainland China are likely able to access it directly, and its stability should be better than that of small personal sites hosted overseas.