The homepage has one job: introduce the brand and the latest writing. We removed competing modules so the feed header and article cards can breathe. Subscribe lives as a strip at the end of the column, not as a floating badge on the hero.
- Brand signal first, then one clear headline idea
- Article cards with a single cover and a short dek
- Footer and nav as editable placeholder chrome until you brand it
If the first viewport could belong to another brand after removing the nav, the branding is too weak — unless the labels are intentionally placeholders.