diff --git a/ext/MatrixAlgebraKitGenericLinearAlgebraExt.jl b/ext/MatrixAlgebraKitGenericLinearAlgebraExt.jl
index e9e1e395..629972cf 100644
--- a/ext/MatrixAlgebraKitGenericLinearAlgebraExt.jl
+++ b/ext/MatrixAlgebraKitGenericLinearAlgebraExt.jl
@@ -58,9 +58,9 @@ end
 
 function MatrixAlgebraKit.householder_qr!(
         driver::MatrixAlgebraKit.GLA, A::AbstractMatrix, Q::AbstractMatrix, R::AbstractMatrix;
-        positive::Bool = true, pivoted::Bool = false, blocksize::Int = 1
+        positive::Bool = true, pivoted::Bool = false, blocksize::Int = 0
     )
-    blocksize == 1 ||
+    blocksize <= 1 ||
         throw(ArgumentError(lazy"$driver does not provide a blocked QR decomposition"))
     pivoted &&
         throw(ArgumentError(lazy"$driver does not provide a pivoted QR decomposition"))
@@ -102,9 +102,9 @@ end
 
 function MatrixAlgebraKit.householder_qr_null!(
         driver::MatrixAlgebraKit.GLA, A::AbstractMatrix, N::AbstractMatrix;
-        positive::Bool = true, pivoted::Bool = false, blocksize::Int = 1
+        positive::Bool = true, pivoted::Bool = false, blocksize::Int = 0
     )
-    blocksize == 1 ||
+    blocksize <= 1 ||
         throw(ArgumentError(lazy"$driver does not provide a blocked QR decomposition"))
     pivoted &&
         throw(ArgumentError(lazy"$driver does not provide a pivoted QR decomposition"))
diff --git a/src/algorithms.jl b/src/algorithms.jl
index 2885e93c..629ec27f 100644
--- a/src/algorithms.jl
+++ b/src/algorithms.jl
@@ -19,7 +19,19 @@ See also [`@algdef`](@ref).
 """
 struct Algorithm{name, K} <: AbstractAlgorithm
     kwargs::K
+
+    # Ensure keywords are always in canonical order
+    function Algorithm{Name}(kwargs::NamedTuple) where {Name}
+        kwargs_sorted = _sortkeys(kwargs)
+        return new{Name, typeof(kwargs_sorted)}(kwargs_sorted)
+    end
 end
+Algorithm{Name}(; kwargs...) where {Name} = Algorithm{Name}(NamedTuple(kwargs))
+
+# Utility generated function to canonicalize keys in type-stable way
+@generated _sortkeys(nt::NamedTuple{K}) where {K} =
+    :(NamedTuple{$(Tuple(sort!(collect(K))))}(nt))
+
 name(alg::Algorithm) = name(typeof(alg))
 name(::Type{<:Algorithm{N}}) where {N} = N
 
@@ -88,7 +100,9 @@ Finally, the same behavior is obtained when the keyword arguments are
 passed as the third positional argument in the form of a `NamedTuple`. 
 """ select_algorithm
 
-@inline function select_algorithm(f::F, A, alg::Alg = nothing; kwargs...) where {F, Alg}
+# WARNING: In order to keep everything type stable, this function is marked as foldable.
+# This mostly means that the `default_algorithm` implementation must be foldable as well
+Base.@assume_effects :foldable function select_algorithm(f::F, A, alg::Alg = nothing; kwargs...) where {F, Alg}
     if isnothing(alg)
         return default_algorithm(f, A; kwargs...)
     elseif alg isa Symbol
@@ -117,8 +131,10 @@ In general, this is called by [`select_algorithm`](@ref) if no algorithm is spec
 explicitly.
 New types should prefer to register their default algorithms in the type domain.
 """ default_algorithm
-default_algorithm(f::F, A; kwargs...) where {F} = default_algorithm(f, typeof(A); kwargs...)
-default_algorithm(f::F, A, B; kwargs...) where {F} = default_algorithm(f, typeof(A), typeof(B); kwargs...)
+@inline default_algorithm(f::F, A; kwargs...) where {F} =
+    default_algorithm(f, typeof(A); kwargs...)
+@inline default_algorithm(f::F, A, B; kwargs...) where {F} =
+    default_algorithm(f, typeof(A), typeof(B); kwargs...)
 # avoid infinite recursion:
 function default_algorithm(f::F, ::Type{T}; kwargs...) where {F, T}
     throw(MethodError(default_algorithm, (f, T)))
@@ -299,11 +315,6 @@ macro algdef(name)
     return esc(
         quote
             const $name{K} = Algorithm{$(QuoteNode(name)), K}
-            function $name(; kwargs...)
-                # TODO: is this necessary/useful?
-                kw = NamedTuple(kwargs) # normalize type
-                return $name{typeof(kw)}(kw)
-            end
             function Base.show(io::IO, alg::$name)
                 return ($_show_alg)(io, alg)
             end
diff --git a/src/implementations/lq.jl b/src/implementations/lq.jl
index f27f6cde..cf64ccd6 100644
--- a/src/implementations/lq.jl
+++ b/src/implementations/lq.jl
@@ -120,9 +120,10 @@ householder_lq!(driver::Union{CUSOLVER, ROCSOLVER, GLA}, A, L, Q; kwargs...) =
     lq_via_qr!(A, L, Q, Householder(; driver, kwargs...))
 function householder_lq!(
         driver::LAPACK, A::AbstractMatrix, L::AbstractMatrix, Q::AbstractMatrix;
-        positive = true, pivoted = false,
-        blocksize = ((pivoted || A === Q) ? 1 : YALAPACK.default_qr_blocksize(A))
+        positive = true, pivoted = false, blocksize::Int = 0
     )
+    blocksize = blocksize > 0 ? blocksize : ((pivoted || A === Q) ? 1 : YALAPACK.default_qr_blocksize(A))
+
     # error messages for disallowing driver - setting combinations
     pivoted && (blocksize > 1) &&
         throw(ArgumentError(lazy"$driver does not provide a blocked pivoted LQ decomposition"))
@@ -176,10 +177,10 @@ function householder_lq!(
 end
 function householder_lq!(
         driver::Native, A::AbstractMatrix, L::AbstractMatrix, Q::AbstractMatrix;
-        positive::Bool = true, pivoted::Bool = false, blocksize::Int = 1
+        positive::Bool = true, pivoted::Bool = false, blocksize::Int = 0
     )
     # error messages for disallowing driver - setting combinations
-    blocksize == 1 ||
+    blocksize <= 1 ||
         throw(ArgumentError(lazy"$driver does not provide a blocked LQ decomposition"))
     pivoted &&
         throw(ArgumentError(lazy"$driver does not provide a pivoted LQ decomposition"))
@@ -225,8 +226,10 @@ householder_lq_null!(driver::Union{CUSOLVER, ROCSOLVER, GLA}, A, Nᴴ; kwargs...
     lq_null_via_qr!(A, Nᴴ, Householder(; driver, kwargs...))
 function householder_lq_null!(
         driver::LAPACK, A::AbstractMatrix, Nᴴ::AbstractMatrix;
-        positive::Bool = true, pivoted::Bool = false, blocksize::Int = pivoted ? 1 : YALAPACK.default_qr_blocksize(A)
+        positive::Bool = true, pivoted::Bool = false, blocksize::Int = 0
     )
+    blocksize = blocksize > 0 ? blocksize : (pivoted ? 1 : YALAPACK.default_qr_blocksize(A))
+
     # error messages for disallowing driver - setting combinations
     pivoted && (blocksize > 1) &&
         throw(ArgumentError(lazy"$driver does not provide a blocked pivoted LQ decomposition"))
@@ -248,10 +251,10 @@ function householder_lq_null!(
 end
 function householder_lq_null!(
         driver::Native, A::AbstractMatrix, Nᴴ::AbstractMatrix;
-        positive::Bool = true, pivoted::Bool = false, blocksize::Int = 1
+        positive::Bool = true, pivoted::Bool = false, blocksize::Int = 0
     )
     # error messages for disallowing driver - setting combinations
-    blocksize == 1 ||
+    blocksize <= 1 ||
         throw(ArgumentError(lazy"$driver does not provide a blocked LQ decomposition"))
     pivoted &&
         throw(ArgumentError(lazy"$driver does not provide a pivoted LQ decomposition"))
diff --git a/src/implementations/qr.jl b/src/implementations/qr.jl
index 766d4dbc..f78d8c44 100644
--- a/src/implementations/qr.jl
+++ b/src/implementations/qr.jl
@@ -121,8 +121,10 @@ householder_qr!(::DefaultDriver, A, Q, R; kwargs...) =
 function householder_qr!(
         driver::Union{LAPACK, CUSOLVER, ROCSOLVER}, A::AbstractMatrix, Q::AbstractMatrix, R::AbstractMatrix;
         positive::Bool = true, pivoted::Bool = false,
-        blocksize::Int = ((driver !== LAPACK() || pivoted || A === Q) ? 1 : YALAPACK.default_qr_blocksize(A))
+        blocksize::Int = 0
     )
+    blocksize = blocksize > 0 ? blocksize : ((driver !== LAPACK() || pivoted || A === Q) ? 1 : YALAPACK.default_qr_blocksize(A))
+
     # error messages for disallowing driver - setting combinations
     (blocksize == 1 || driver === LAPACK()) ||
         throw(ArgumentError(lazy"$driver does not provide a blocked QR decomposition"))
@@ -202,10 +204,10 @@ function householder_qr!(
 end
 function householder_qr!(
         driver::Native, A::AbstractMatrix, Q::AbstractMatrix, R::AbstractMatrix;
-        positive::Bool = true, pivoted::Bool = false, blocksize::Int = 1
+        positive::Bool = true, pivoted::Bool = false, blocksize::Int = 0
     )
     # error messages for disallowing driver - setting combinations
-    blocksize == 1 ||
+    blocksize <= 1 ||
         throw(ArgumentError(lazy"$driver does not provide a blocked QR decomposition"))
     pivoted &&
         throw(ArgumentError(lazy"$driver does not provide a pivoted QR decomposition"))
@@ -249,9 +251,9 @@ householder_qr_null!(::DefaultDriver, A, N; kwargs...) =
     householder_qr_null!(default_householder_driver(A), A, N; kwargs...)
 function householder_qr_null!(
         driver::Union{LAPACK, CUSOLVER, ROCSOLVER}, A::AbstractMatrix, N::AbstractMatrix;
-        positive::Bool = true, pivoted::Bool = false,
-        blocksize::Int = ((driver !== LAPACK() || pivoted) ? 1 : YALAPACK.default_qr_blocksize(A))
+        positive::Bool = true, pivoted::Bool = false, blocksize::Int = 0
     )
+    blocksize = blocksize > 0 ? blocksize : ((driver !== LAPACK() || pivoted) ? 1 : YALAPACK.default_qr_blocksize(A))
     # error messages for disallowing driver - setting combinations
     (blocksize == 1 || driver === LAPACK()) ||
         throw(ArgumentError(lazy"$driver does not provide a blocked QR decomposition"))
@@ -277,10 +279,10 @@ function householder_qr_null!(
 end
 function householder_qr_null!(
         driver::Native, A::AbstractMatrix, N::AbstractMatrix;
-        positive::Bool = true, pivoted::Bool = false, blocksize::Int = 1
+        positive::Bool = true, pivoted::Bool = false, blocksize::Int = 0
     )
     # error messages for disallowing driver - setting combinations
-    blocksize == 1 ||
+    blocksize <= 1 ||
         throw(ArgumentError(lazy"$driver does not provide a blocked QR decomposition"))
     pivoted &&
         throw(ArgumentError(lazy"$driver does not provide a pivoted QR decomposition"))
diff --git a/src/interface/decompositions.jl b/src/interface/decompositions.jl
index 253cd30e..016d17b5 100644
--- a/src/interface/decompositions.jl
+++ b/src/interface/decompositions.jl
@@ -74,11 +74,17 @@ The optional `driver` symbol can be used to choose between different implementat
 
 - `positive::Bool = true` : Fix the gauge of the resulting factors by making the diagonal elements of `L` or `R` non-negative.
 - `pivoted::Bool = false` : Use column- or row-pivoting for low-rank input matrices.
-- `blocksize::Int` : Use a blocked version of the algorithm if `blocksize > 1`.
+- `blocksize::Int` : Use a blocked version of the algorithm if `blocksize > 1`. Use the default if `blocksize ≤ 0`.
 
 Depending on the driver, various other keywords may be (un)available to customize the implementation.
 """
 @algdef Householder
+function Householder(;
+        blocksize::Int = 0, driver::Driver = DefaultDriver(),
+        pivoted::Bool = false, positive::Bool = true
+    )
+    return Householder((; blocksize, driver, pivoted, positive))
+end
 
 default_householder_driver(A) = default_householder_driver(typeof(A))
 default_householder_driver(::Type) = Native()
diff --git a/src/interface/lq.jl b/src/interface/lq.jl
index e9c1c32b..9521e5ed 100644
--- a/src/interface/lq.jl
+++ b/src/interface/lq.jl
@@ -71,8 +71,8 @@ See also [`qr_full(!)`](@ref lq_full) and [`qr_compact(!)`](@ref lq_compact).
 default_lq_algorithm(A; kwargs...) = default_lq_algorithm(typeof(A); kwargs...)
 
 default_lq_algorithm(T::Type; kwargs...) = throw(MethodError(default_lq_algorithm, (T,)))
-default_lq_algorithm(::Type{T}; driver = default_householder_driver(T), kwargs...) where {T <: AbstractMatrix} =
-    Householder(; driver, kwargs...)
+default_lq_algorithm(::Type{T}; kwargs...) where {T <: AbstractMatrix} =
+    Householder(; kwargs...)
 default_lq_algorithm(::Type{T}; kwargs...) where {T <: Diagonal} =
     DiagonalAlgorithm(; kwargs...)
 default_lq_algorithm(::Type{<:Base.ReshapedArray{T, N, A}}) where {T, N, A} =
diff --git a/src/interface/orthnull.jl b/src/interface/orthnull.jl
index b20a841d..669613f5 100644
--- a/src/interface/orthnull.jl
+++ b/src/interface/orthnull.jl
@@ -334,79 +334,79 @@ See also [`left_null(!)`](@ref left_null), [`left_orth(!)`](@ref left_orth) and
 @inline select_algorithm(::typeof(right_null!), A, alg::Symbol; kwargs...) =
     select_algorithm(right_null!, A, Val(alg); kwargs...)
 
-function select_algorithm(::typeof(left_orth!), A, ::Val{:qr}; trunc = nothing, kwargs...)
+@inline function select_algorithm(::typeof(left_orth!), A, ::Val{:qr}; trunc = nothing, kwargs...)
     isnothing(trunc) ||
         throw(ArgumentError("QR-based `left_orth` is incompatible with specifying `trunc`"))
     alg′ = select_algorithm(qr_compact!, A; kwargs...)
     return LeftOrthViaQR(alg′)
 end
-function select_algorithm(::typeof(left_orth!), A, ::Val{:polar}; trunc = nothing, kwargs...)
+@inline function select_algorithm(::typeof(left_orth!), A, ::Val{:polar}; trunc = nothing, kwargs...)
     isnothing(trunc) ||
         throw(ArgumentError("Polar-based `left_orth` is incompatible with specifying `trunc`"))
     alg′ = select_algorithm(left_polar!, A; kwargs...)
     return LeftOrthViaPolar(alg′)
 end
-function select_algorithm(::typeof(left_orth!), A, ::Val{:svd}; trunc = nothing, kwargs...)
+@inline function select_algorithm(::typeof(left_orth!), A, ::Val{:svd}; trunc = nothing, kwargs...)
     alg′ = isnothing(trunc) ? select_algorithm(svd_compact!, A; kwargs...) :
         select_algorithm(svd_trunc!, A; trunc, kwargs...)
     return LeftOrthViaSVD(alg′)
 end
 
-function select_algorithm(::typeof(right_orth!), A, ::Val{:lq}; trunc = nothing, kwargs...)
+@inline function select_algorithm(::typeof(right_orth!), A, ::Val{:lq}; trunc = nothing, kwargs...)
     isnothing(trunc) ||
         throw(ArgumentError("LQ-based `right_orth` is incompatible with specifying `trunc`"))
     alg = select_algorithm(lq_compact!, A; kwargs...)
     return RightOrthViaLQ(alg)
 end
-function select_algorithm(::typeof(right_orth!), A, ::Val{:polar}; trunc = nothing, kwargs...)
+@inline function select_algorithm(::typeof(right_orth!), A, ::Val{:polar}; trunc = nothing, kwargs...)
     isnothing(trunc) ||
         throw(ArgumentError("Polar-based `right_orth` is incompatible with specifying `trunc`"))
     alg = select_algorithm(right_polar!, A; kwargs...)
     return RightOrthViaPolar(alg)
 end
-function select_algorithm(::typeof(right_orth!), A, ::Val{:svd}; trunc = nothing, kwargs...)
+@inline function select_algorithm(::typeof(right_orth!), A, ::Val{:svd}; trunc = nothing, kwargs...)
     alg′ = isnothing(trunc) ? select_algorithm(svd_compact!, A; kwargs...) :
         select_algorithm(svd_trunc!, A; trunc, kwargs...)
     return RightOrthViaSVD(alg′)
 end
 
-function select_algorithm(::typeof(left_null!), A, ::Val{:qr}; trunc = nothing, kwargs...)
+@inline function select_algorithm(::typeof(left_null!), A, ::Val{:qr}; trunc = nothing, kwargs...)
     isnothing(trunc) ||
         throw(ArgumentError("QR-based `left_null` is incompatible with specifying `trunc`"))
     alg = select_algorithm(qr_null!, A; kwargs...)
     return LeftNullViaQR(alg)
 end
-function select_algorithm(::typeof(left_null!), A, ::Val{:svd}; trunc = nothing, kwargs...)
+@inline function select_algorithm(::typeof(left_null!), A, ::Val{:svd}; trunc = nothing, kwargs...)
     alg_svd = select_algorithm(svd_full!, A, get(kwargs, :svd, nothing))
     alg = TruncatedAlgorithm(alg_svd, select_null_truncation(trunc))
     return LeftNullViaSVD(alg)
 end
 
-function select_algorithm(::typeof(right_null!), A, ::Val{:lq}; trunc = nothing, kwargs...)
+@inline function select_algorithm(::typeof(right_null!), A, ::Val{:lq}; trunc = nothing, kwargs...)
     isnothing(trunc) ||
         throw(ArgumentError("LQ-based `right_null` is incompatible with specifying `trunc`"))
     alg = select_algorithm(lq_null!, A; kwargs...)
     return RightNullViaLQ(alg)
 end
-function select_algorithm(::typeof(right_null!), A, ::Val{:svd}; trunc = nothing, kwargs...)
+@inline function select_algorithm(::typeof(right_null!), A, ::Val{:svd}; trunc = nothing, kwargs...)
     alg_svd = select_algorithm(svd_full!, A; kwargs...)
     alg = TruncatedAlgorithm(alg_svd, select_null_truncation(trunc))
     return RightNullViaSVD(alg)
 end
 
-default_algorithm(::typeof(left_orth!), ::Type{A}; trunc = nothing, kwargs...) where {A} =
+@inline default_algorithm(::typeof(left_orth!), ::Type{A}; trunc = nothing, kwargs...) where {A} =
     isnothing(trunc) ? select_algorithm(left_orth!, A, Val(:qr); kwargs...) :
     select_algorithm(left_orth!, A, Val(:svd); trunc, kwargs...)
 
-default_algorithm(::typeof(right_orth!), ::Type{A}; trunc = nothing, kwargs...) where {A} =
+@inline default_algorithm(::typeof(right_orth!), ::Type{A}; trunc = nothing, kwargs...) where {A} =
     isnothing(trunc) ? select_algorithm(right_orth!, A, Val(:lq); kwargs...) :
     select_algorithm(right_orth!, A, Val(:svd); trunc, kwargs...)
 
-default_algorithm(::typeof(left_null!), ::Type{A}; trunc = nothing, kwargs...) where {A} =
+@inline default_algorithm(::typeof(left_null!), ::Type{A}; trunc = nothing, kwargs...) where {A} =
     isnothing(trunc) ? select_algorithm(left_null!, A, Val(:qr); kwargs...) :
     select_algorithm(left_null!, A, Val(:svd); trunc, kwargs...)
 
-default_algorithm(::typeof(right_null!), ::Type{A}; trunc = nothing, kwargs...) where {A} =
+@inline default_algorithm(::typeof(right_null!), ::Type{A}; trunc = nothing, kwargs...) where {A} =
     isnothing(trunc) ? select_algorithm(right_null!, A, Val(:lq); kwargs...) :
     select_algorithm(right_null!, A, Val(:svd); trunc, kwargs...)
 
diff --git a/src/interface/qr.jl b/src/interface/qr.jl
index 89f695ad..df8ae20e 100644
--- a/src/interface/qr.jl
+++ b/src/interface/qr.jl
@@ -71,8 +71,8 @@ See also [`lq_full(!)`](@ref lq_full) and [`lq_compact(!)`](@ref lq_compact).
 default_qr_algorithm(A; kwargs...) = default_qr_algorithm(typeof(A); kwargs...)
 
 default_qr_algorithm(T::Type; kwargs...) = throw(MethodError(default_qr_algorithm, (T,)))
-default_qr_algorithm(::Type{T}; driver = default_householder_driver(T), kwargs...) where {T <: AbstractMatrix} =
-    Householder(; driver, kwargs...)
+default_qr_algorithm(::Type{T}; kwargs...) where {T <: AbstractMatrix} =
+    Householder(; kwargs...)
 default_qr_algorithm(::Type{T}; kwargs...) where {T <: Diagonal} =
     DiagonalAlgorithm(; kwargs...)
 default_qr_algorithm(::Type{<:Base.ReshapedArray{T, N, A}}) where {T, N, A} =
diff --git a/test/algorithms.jl b/test/algorithms.jl
index 078ed2a0..c1bca7d4 100644
--- a/test/algorithms.jl
+++ b/test/algorithms.jl
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ using MatrixAlgebraKit
 using Test
 using TestExtras
 using MatrixAlgebraKit: LAPACK_SVDAlgorithm, PolarViaSVD, TruncatedAlgorithm,
-    default_algorithm, select_algorithm, Householder, LAPACK
+    default_algorithm, select_algorithm, Householder, DefaultDriver
 
 @testset "default_algorithm" begin
     A = randn(3, 3)
@@ -17,21 +17,21 @@ using MatrixAlgebraKit: LAPACK_SVDAlgorithm, PolarViaSVD, TruncatedAlgorithm,
             LAPACK_MultipleRelativelyRobustRepresentations()
     end
     for f in (lq_full!, lq_full, lq_compact!, lq_compact, lq_null!, lq_null)
-        @test @constinferred(default_algorithm(f, A)) == Householder(; driver = LAPACK())
+        @test @constinferred(default_algorithm(f, A)) == Householder()
     end
     for f in (left_polar!, left_polar, right_polar!, right_polar)
         @test @constinferred(default_algorithm(f, A)) ==
             PolarViaSVD(LAPACK_DivideAndConquer())
     end
     for f in (qr_full!, qr_full, qr_compact!, qr_compact, qr_null!, qr_null)
-        @test @constinferred(default_algorithm(f, A)) == Householder(; driver = LAPACK())
+        @test @constinferred(default_algorithm(f, A)) == Householder()
     end
     for f in (schur_full!, schur_full, schur_vals!, schur_vals)
         @test @constinferred(default_algorithm(f, A)) === LAPACK_Expert()
     end
 
     @test @constinferred(default_algorithm(qr_compact!, A; blocksize = 2)) ==
-        Householder(; driver = LAPACK(), blocksize = 2)
+        Householder(; blocksize = 2)
 end
 
 @testset "select_algorithm" begin