[entrepy123]

Mechanical tenkeyless (TKL) low-profile.

1. Mechanical - for good physical feedback. Choose silent or clicky or bump to match your auditory and tactile feedback preference.

2. TKL - no 10-key pad for enough mouse space. Still have arrow keys and friends (home, page up/down, end, delete, etc. that can be assigned to stuff or used as-is).

3. Low profile - for shorter finger-typing throws and better wrist/finger ergonomics IME.

Honestly, the HAVIT HV-KB390L was the best IMO, and I don't think there's an equally good mechanical TKL low-profile with which to replace it that is as good in all three categories currently): https://www.prohavit.com/products/hv-kb390l-low-profile-mech...

[dlcarrier]

The tenkey makes typing /* and */ really quick. Also numbers. Maybe its because most of the time I'm programming I'm working on embedded systems, but I use numbers a lot and would be annoyed if I needed to use both hands to type them in.

[jjice]

I have an external USB keypad that I plug in when I need it (it's been a while to be honest), but I find it to be the best of both worlds. I get to use my preferred TKL most of the time, and when I need the numpad (spreadsheets, mostly), I drag it down from further up my desk into whatever position is best, and slide it back again when I'm done.

Never considered the numpad for block comments though, that's a neat call.

[pestaa]

Navigating in Blender is also a pain without a numpad.