You might be happy with what's called a 60% or 75% layout keyboard, then. Sometimes those can get weird with the keycap layout, but that keycap set looks to be rather versatile.
The enthusiast brands have barebones models available that only include the base. You'd pick out the key switches and cap set you want and assemble them accordingly.
As for a specific brand to recommend? Anything but Keychron, tbh. (They tend to do proprietary weirdness with their cables despite being USB-C.)
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