I wonder what % of people you lose right there because you're trying to be smart/clean/whatever with "the email" link.

It lost me until I came back and read this comment; I did not think to click "the email." The page reads as a standard newsletter subscription form so I just closed the tab.

Helpful feedback, thanks. Just updated the landing page to make things clearer.

Thanks. Good content! I still believe you're limiting your audience by not running it like a typical blog. But it seems like that's partly what you want to do.