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This is so beautiful. I have to give up ortho keyboards at some point, just to get a qaz keyboard. I love this layout.
Can you dispel my ignorance?
What is a 40?
Why missing keys? (I presume a relation to the 40)
Joke: when I consume a forty my speech loses some letters as well
Edit: in my attempt to be clear, I look like a robot >

This comment is amazing lol, perfectly written, a masterpiece really. >

The uick brown fox jums over the ly dog, >

This is really cute and the blue is really stunning >

My favourite kinds of keyboard >

I would dig 40s if they had thumb clusters, or quad split spacebar >

This pcb allows for split space I just didnt have any kits for it. >

Great looking board, I love these posts for watching people not understand anything less than a 60% layout lmao >

Agreed. Ive just been telling people you dont need those keys and they think Im serious. >

The factor is cool.
From experience a smaller form factor where I needed to hotkey my input's destroyed my workflow. But hey, people are built different.
Kudos.
Finally landed myself on 75% after going full circle.
My sanity is restored, and I do not feel restricted anymore. >

Lmao I think that's less than 40. Its beautiful!!!
I used to be a 40 or sub40 die hard but went back to ergo due to back problems- not because the 40/sub40 was giving me pain, but my PT was giving me shit for using a small keyboard... so now I'm on a microsoft surface premium something ergo keyboard and its really nice but.. non mech switches, tiny key travel, tiny key actuation etc. It breaks my heart :( >

I know everyone have their own likes and preferences and I am totally respect that, but why? me as an engineer see no functionality to this size and configuration.
I'm not trying to hate, I honestly want to understand when does this size makes sense.
That blue paint is amazing btw. >

This layout is the QAZ layout and is probably on the extreme end of 40/30%.  Usually most people are successful with a number of tap/hold for layers or combo keys like "Q+W=Esc" or similar.  On a 30% layout I like "K+L=Enter" for example.  
However most 40% layouts allow you to become incredibly efficient in daily work, including engineers and programers.  (I'm just a sales guy so I don't need as many symbols and functions as everyone else.). Having everything within a single key reach instead 2 or 3 rows higher or super far apart is easier for me and most people who make the move to 40s.  
I'm faster on a 40 with numbers and symbols than I am on a 65% or larger for example.  The ability for me to just move my pinky over and hold "Enter" to become Layer 1 is just as easy as reaching up for a number on a larger board.  The difference is I'm not stretching my hands or fingers nearly as far as I would on a normal size board.  
At the end of the day it's usually about efficiency, comfort, and looks for most 40's users. >

40 gang is best gang >

I mean... it looks okay, but how do you type efficiently on it? It’s missing crucial letter buttons for starters... and no numbers? What do you do with this keyboard? >

Its really handy to keep my papers from blowing off my desk if the window is open. >

Fair enough.