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 # hw
 
-simple http server that responds with a version
+collection of tooling to validate kubernetes server behavior. It includes:
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+- `hw`: simple http server that responds with a version
+- `hwc`: client to `hw`, responds with information collected from various hw
+- `hwl`: periodically prints a log message