Quiet down or silence non-errors in npm install

accepted/0018-quiet-it-down.md

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+# npm install output scares people
+
+## Summary
+
+`npm install` shows too much low level information which is unhelpful to most developers.
+
+## Motivation
+
+There is no way to tell if a `npm install` has worked or not. Many of my students are confused at the output as it looks like something has gone wrong when everything runs just fine.
+
+## Detailed Explanation
+
+Just npm install something and look at the output. This was from 100% success:
+
+![](https://p198.p4.n0.cdn.getcloudapp.com/items/o0uQv6kn/Screen+Shot+2019-12-16+at+3.14.40+PM.png?v=2764c0b9e95ca3ba47a8765e4a13ea1a)
+
+## Rationale and Alternatives
+
+Some people have suggested --silent as a good solution, but that will hide good errors as well, no?
+
+## Implementation
+
+If everything worked, then don't show a bunch of scary things on the screen.
+
+## Prior Art
+
+yarn, pnpm
+