Ask HN: Best approach to setup a minimal mvp with newsletter and blog

The app does not need to remember any info about the user. I would prefer python, specifically django as I am quite familiar with it. Yet, setting up a newsletter without username and password but email verification seems to be a convoluted process in django.

All newsletter implementations for django require the user to be registered with the core auth module. Since it is a simple newsletter, I do not want to trouble to users to enter usernames, full names and passwords. Just the email followed by email confirmation. Does an alternative exist for this?

Is there a good starter kit for django with the essentials integrated?

Is there anything else you can recommend for this usecase? I would like it to be simple and straightforward as this is just a starter website to validate an idea.

Or is wordpress my only hope?