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1 million+ downloads on NPM at 125k~150k per month

But doesn't Node download from NPM every time it runs? Hence the left-pad debacle. So this "downloads" figure doesn't necessarily mean what someone used to a more conventional language might think it means.

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NPM modules only download when explicitly fetched with `npm install`

Which, if you're running CI, might be every time you push a build to it.

With CI for running tests and building docker images, I have seen a lot of places where npm install happens everytime. So don't know why you are getting down voted.

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