If you really really really like having a numpad because you use it a lot, you probably shouldn't have a numpad. One of the best QOL things i've done is move t

If you really really really like having a numpad because you use it a lot, you probably shouldn't have a numpad. One of the best QOL things i've done is move to smaller keyboards. 90% of it was for aesthetics and learning something new, but mapping the numpad to ALWAYS be under my fingertips(456 = jkl, 789 = uio, etc), just a modifier away, has made using a normal numpad feel achingly slow. I code and do analytics. Having symbols like ()/[]/{} easy to reach (df/er/shift+er) with my left and all the numbers and their modifiers under my right (the custom numpad now using the default numkeys so i have easy access to !@#$%^&*( as well) has made things go much smoother and faster. It's not going to literally change how much time you work or anything, at least not by any significant amount, but once you adapt to it (and it's really not that hard) going back always highlights just how absurd our current keyboard's are (split space should be a norm and capslock shouldn't be there)