diff --git a/lua/options.lua b/lua/options.lua
index 7ed6911..7331876 100644
--- a/lua/options.lua
+++ b/lua/options.lua
@@ -38,6 +38,9 @@ local options = {
 
 vim.g.have_nerd_font = true
 
+-- no python remote plugins; skip provider host probe (~40ms shell spawn on .py files)
+vim.g.loaded_python3_provider = 0
+
 vim.opt.shortmess:append("c")              -- don't give |ins-completion-menu| messages
 vim.opt.iskeyword:append("-")              -- hyphenated words recognized by searches
 -- stylua: ignore end
diff --git a/lua/plugins/blink.lua b/lua/plugins/blink.lua
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..009b5b4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lua/plugins/blink.lua
@@ -0,0 +1,131 @@
+local kind_icons = {
+  Text = "󰉿",
+  Method = "󰆧",
+  Function = "󰊕",
+  Constructor = "",
+  Field = "󰜢",
+  Variable = "󰀫",
+  Class = "󰠱",
+  Interface = "",
+  Module = "",
+  Property = "󰜢",
+  Unit = "󰑭",
+  Value = "󰎠",
+  Enum = "",
+  Keyword = "󰌋",
+  Snippet = "",
+  Color = "󰏘",
+  File = "󰈙",
+  Reference = "󰈇",
+  Folder = "󰉋",
+  EnumMember = "",
+  Constant = "󰏿",
+  Struct = "󰙅",
+  Event = "",
+  Operator = "󰆕",
+  TypeParameter = "",
+}
+
+local filetypes_without_autocomplete = {
+  NeogitCommitMessage = true,
+  TelescopePrompt = true,
+  gitcommit = true,
+  markdown = true,
+}
+
+return {
+  "saghen/blink.cmp",
+  version = "*", -- use a release tag, downloads prebuilt fuzzy binary
+  event = { "InsertEnter", "CmdlineEnter" },
+  dependencies = {
+    "L3MON4D3/LuaSnip",
+    "ribru17/blink-cmp-spell",
+  },
+  ---@module 'blink.cmp'
+  ---@type blink.cmp.Config
+  opts = {
+    enabled = function()
+      return not filetypes_without_autocomplete[vim.bo.filetype]
+    end,
+
+    snippets = { preset = "luasnip" },
+
+    appearance = {
+      kind_icons = kind_icons,
+    },
+
+    -- <CR> confirm (no preselect), <C-e> abort
+    -- <Tab> cycle forward + snippet jump, <Shift><Tab> cycle backward
+    keymap = {
+      preset = "none",
+      ["<CR>"] = { "accept", "fallback" },
+      ["<C-e>"] = { "hide", "fallback" },
+      ["<Tab>"] = { "select_next", "snippet_forward", "fallback" },
+      ["<S-Tab>"] = { "select_prev", "snippet_backward", "fallback" },
+    },
+
+    completion = {
+      list = {
+        -- do not select first item (mimics preselect=false, noselect)
+        selection = { preselect = false, auto_insert = false },
+      },
+      menu = {
+        border = "rounded",
+        draw = {
+          columns = {
+            { "kind_icon" },
+            { "label", "label_description", gap = 1 },
+            { "source_name" },
+          },
+          components = {
+            source_name = {
+              text = function(ctx)
+                return "[" .. ctx.source_name .. "]"
+              end,
+            },
+          },
+        },
+      },
+      documentation = {
+        auto_show = true,
+        window = { border = "rounded" },
+      },
+    },
+
+    signature = {
+      enabled = true,
+      window = { border = "rounded" },
+    },
+
+    sources = {
+      default = { "lsp", "snippets", "buffer", "path", "spell" },
+      providers = {
+        lsp = { min_keyword_length = 3, max_items = 5 },
+        snippets = { min_keyword_length = 3, max_items = 3 },
+        buffer = { min_keyword_length = 3, max_items = 5 },
+        spell = {
+          name = "Spell",
+          module = "blink-cmp-spell",
+          min_keyword_length = 3,
+          max_items = 5,
+          opts = {
+            enable_in_context = function()
+              return true
+            end,
+          },
+        },
+      },
+    },
+
+    -- cmdline: blink defaults handle `:` `/` `?` (path + cmdline sources)
+    cmdline = {
+      keymap = { preset = "cmdline" },
+      completion = {
+        menu = { auto_show = true },
+      },
+    },
+
+    fuzzy = { implementation = "prefer_rust_with_warning" },
+  },
+  opts_extend = { "sources.default" },
+}
diff --git a/lua/plugins/cmp.lua b/lua/plugins/cmp.lua
deleted file mode 100644
index 01cce33..0000000
--- a/lua/plugins/cmp.lua
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,198 +0,0 @@
-vim.api.nvim_create_autocmd("FileType", {
-  callback = function()
-    local filetypes_wo_autocomplete = {
-      "NeogitCommitMessage",
-      "TelescopePrompt",
-      "gitcommit",
-      "markdown",
-    }
-    for _, f in ipairs(filetypes_wo_autocomplete) do
-      if vim.bo.filetype == f then
-        require("cmp").setup.filetype(f, {
-          enabled = false,
-        })
-      end
-    end
-  end,
-})
-
-return {
-  "hrsh7th/nvim-cmp",
-  event = { "BufEnter", "BufReadPre", "BufNewFile" },
-  dependencies = {
-    "hrsh7th/cmp-buffer",
-    "hrsh7th/cmp-nvim-lsp",
-    "hrsh7th/cmp-nvim-lua",
-    "hrsh7th/cmp-cmdline",
-    "hrsh7th/cmp-path",
-    "f3fora/cmp-spell",
-    "hrsh7th/cmp-nvim-lsp-signature-help",
-    "saadparwaiz1/cmp_luasnip",
-    "lukas-reineke/cmp-under-comparator",
-  },
-  config = function()
-    local kind_icons = {
-      Text = "󰉿",
-      Method = "󰆧",
-      Function = "󰊕",
-      Constructor = "",
-      Field = "󰜢",
-      Variable = "󰀫",
-      Class = "󰠱",
-      Interface = "",
-      Module = "",
-      Property = "󰜢",
-      Unit = "󰑭",
-      Value = "󰎠",
-      Enum = "",
-      Keyword = "󰌋",
-      Snippet = "",
-      Color = "󰏘",
-      File = "󰈙",
-      Reference = "󰈇",
-      Folder = "󰉋",
-      EnumMember = "",
-      Constant = "󰏿",
-      Struct = "󰙅",
-      Event = "",
-      Operator = "󰆕",
-      TypeParameter = "",
-    }
-
-    local cmp = require("cmp")
-    local cmplsp = require("cmp_nvim_lsp")
-    local compare = require("cmp.config.compare")
-    local luasnip = require("luasnip")
-    local types = require("cmp.types")
-
-    cmplsp.setup()
-
-    local modified_priority = {
-      [types.lsp.CompletionItemKind.Variable] = types.lsp.CompletionItemKind.Method,
-      [types.lsp.CompletionItemKind.Snippet] = 0, -- top
-      [types.lsp.CompletionItemKind.Keyword] = 0, -- top
-      [types.lsp.CompletionItemKind.Text] = 100, -- bottom
-    }
-
-    local function modified_kind(kind)
-      return modified_priority[kind] or kind
-    end
-
-    local buffers = {
-      name = "buffer",
-      option = {
-        keyword_length = 3,
-        get_bufnrs = function() -- from all buffers (less than 1MB)
-          local bufs = {}
-          for _, bufn in ipairs(vim.api.nvim_list_bufs()) do
-            local buf_size = vim.api.nvim_buf_get_offset(bufn, vim.api.nvim_buf_line_count(bufn))
-            if buf_size < 1024 * 1024 then
-              table.insert(bufs, bufn)
-            end
-          end
-          return bufs
-        end,
-      },
-    }
-
-    local spelling = {
-      name = "spell",
-      max_item_count = 5,
-      keyword_length = 3,
-      option = {
-        keep_all_entries = false,
-        enable_in_context = function()
-          return true
-        end,
-      },
-    }
-
-    cmp.setup {
-      preselect = false,
-      completion = {
-        completeopt = "menu,menuone,preview,noselect",
-      },
-      snippet = {
-        expand = function(args)
-          luasnip.lsp_expand(args.body)
-        end,
-      },
-      formatting = {
-        fields = { "abbr", "kind", "menu" },
-        format = function(entry, vim_item)
-          local kind = vim_item.kind
-          vim_item.kind = " " .. (kind_icons[kind] or "?") .. ""
-          local source = entry.source.name
-          vim_item.menu = "[" .. source .. "]"
-
-          return vim_item
-        end,
-      },
-      sorting = {
-        priority_weight = 1.0,
-        comparators = {
-          compare.offset,
-          compare.exact,
-          compare.recently_used,
-          function(entry1, entry2) -- sort by compare kind (Variable, Function etc)
-            local kind1 = modified_kind(entry1:get_kind())
-            local kind2 = modified_kind(entry2:get_kind())
-            if kind1 ~= kind2 then
-              return kind1 - kind2 < 0
-            end
-          end,
-          compare.score,
-          require("cmp-under-comparator").under,
-          compare.kind,
-        },
-      },
-      mapping = cmp.mapping.preset.insert {
-        ["<CR>"] = cmp.mapping.confirm { select = false }, -- do not select first item
-        ["<C-e>"] = cmp.mapping.abort(),
-        ["<Tab>"] = cmp.mapping(function(fallback)
-          if cmp.visible() then
-            cmp.select_next_item()
-          elseif luasnip.expand_or_jumpable() then
-            luasnip.expand_or_jump()
-          else
-            fallback()
-          end
-        end, { "i", "s" }),
-        ["<S-Tab>"] = cmp.mapping(function(fallback)
-          if cmp.visible() then
-            cmp.select_prev_item()
-          elseif luasnip.jumpable(-1) then
-            luasnip.jump(-1)
-          else
-            fallback()
-          end
-        end, { "i", "s" }),
-      },
-      sources = cmp.config.sources({
-        { name = "nvim_lsp", max_item_count = 5 },
-        { name = "luasnip", max_item_count = 3 },
-        { name = "nvim_lua", max_item_count = 5 },
-        { name = "nvim_lsp_signature_help", max_item_count = 5 },
-      }, {
-        buffers,
-        spelling,
-      }),
-      performance = {
-        max_view_entries = 20,
-      },
-      window = { documentation = cmp.config.window.bordered(), completion = cmp.config.window.bordered() },
-    }
-
-    -- `:` cmdline setup.
-    cmp.setup.cmdline(":", {
-      completion = { keyword_length = 3 },
-      mapping = cmp.mapping.preset.cmdline(),
-      sources = cmp.config.sources({
-        { name = "path" },
-      }, {
-        { name = "cmdline" },
-      }),
-      matching = { disallow_symbol_nonprefix_matching = false },
-    })
-  end,
-}
diff --git a/lua/plugins/lspconfig.lua b/lua/plugins/lspconfig.lua
index f334408..1995ea0 100644
--- a/lua/plugins/lspconfig.lua
+++ b/lua/plugins/lspconfig.lua
@@ -32,6 +32,12 @@ vim.api.nvim_create_autocmd({ "CursorHold", "CursorHoldI" }, {
 return {
   "neovim/nvim-lspconfig",
   config = function()
+    -- advertise blink.cmp completion capabilities to every server
+    local ok_blink, blink = pcall(require, "blink.cmp")
+    if ok_blink then
+      vim.lsp.config("*", { capabilities = blink.get_lsp_capabilities() })
+    end
+
     local path = vim.fn.stdpath("config") .. "/lua/language-servers"
     local files = vim.fn.readdir(path)
 
diff --git a/lua/plugins/noice.lua b/lua/plugins/noice.lua
index 436dd0d..7ee9853 100644
--- a/lua/plugins/noice.lua
+++ b/lua/plugins/noice.lua
@@ -10,6 +10,11 @@ return {
       lsp_doc_border = false, -- add a border to hover docs and signature help
     },
     routes = {
+      {
+        -- pyright re-analyzes on every keystroke and spams progress;
+        filter = { event = "lsp", kind = "progress", find = "[Pp]yright" },
+        opts = { skip = true },
+      },
       {
         filter = {
           any = {
diff --git a/lua/plugins/tokyonight.lua b/lua/plugins/tokyonight.lua
index 816860b..1e1fb2a 100644
--- a/lua/plugins/tokyonight.lua
+++ b/lua/plugins/tokyonight.lua
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@ local highlight = vim.api.nvim_set_hl
 
 return {
   "folke/tokyonight.nvim",
+  lazy = false,
+  priority = 1000,
   opts = {
     transparent = true,
     style = "night",