Package Quest, the journey of a package from the npm registry to your computer.
summary
A clear, concrete map of what happens when npm install runs: how shishi gommi builds a dependency tree from node_modules and package-lock.json, how Kakashi and make fetch happen cache and fetch tarballs via CDN, how authentication tokens live in Redis and are checked by identify, and how registry, foyer and ID-authorize steps permit scoped package delivery. Version numbers matter (npm ships v6 features), lifecycle scripts run, packages unpack into node_modules, and the whole pipeline demonstrably succeeds for public and private packages.
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