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# 🚀 npm 7 shipping as `latest`

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If you [hadn't already heard](https://thehub.github.com/news/2021-01-27-npm-7-ga/), we began shipping [`npm@7`](https://npmjs.com/package/npm) as `latest` yesterday 🎉

```bash
$ npm i -g npm
```

I wanted to take a second to acknowledge all of the hard work that has gone into the CLI over the last year & a half. We've been able to improve upon & stablize a critical piece of the Node.js ecosystem; Laying the foundation for innovation for years to come. To anyone who has ever contributed to the `npm` CLI, past or present, thank you!

Of course, making this happen while navigating through unprecendented times of change & adversity only further bolsters my appreciation for the team we have today; Thank you: @isaacs @ruyadorno @nlf @wraithgar @mylesborins @ethomson @nicolenumrich

There's still a lot more work ahead but I'm excited about where we're going! 

@darcyclarke

P.S. Feel free to come hang/reach out anytime on Slack #npm-cli
