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1 HN user recommended this in 2019, in one comment.
Each tall tick is one HN user's first recommendation. A short tick is the same user again. Click a tick to jump to the comment.
Not to say that I think it's particularly practical, but there is a somewhat well-established "40%" keyboard design that doesn't have a number row. They typically rely heavily on modifier keys or layer switching.
Here's an example:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01MS3PWS0
If you're interested in different keyboard sizes:
https://www.keyboardco.com/blog/index.php/2017/08/full-size-...
I personally use 75%, my opinion is for serious coding it's inefficient to go smaller than that.