I Haven't Opened the npm Website in Months. Here's How.

There's a special kind of friction that comes from typing npm publish , getting a 2FA prompt, fumbling for your phone, missing the 30-second window, and starting over. You know the one. You've just spent three hours on a clean refactor, your tests pass, your changelog is updated, and the last mile of actually shipping the package turns into a five-minute fumble with authenticator apps and expired OTP codes. I used to do that dance multiple times a week. I don't anymore. The Death Loop of npm Workflows Let's be honest about what the npm publish cycle actually looks like for most of us. You bump the version in package.json . You run npm publish . You get prompted for OTP. You grab your phone. You type the code. It expired. You type the next code. It works. You forget to tag the release. You go back and tag it. You realize you forgot to run npm audit before publishing. Classic. And that's just publishing. There's a whole constellation of npm tasks that quietly eat your day: checking which