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Introduction
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What is canary?
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- A Python-based testing framework designed for scientific and software development workflows.
- Aimed at accelerating and simplifying testing on various platforms from laptops to high-performance computing (HPC) systems.

Why canary?
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- Challenges in testing at scale: performance, extensibility, and tool compatibility.
- The need for a unified framework that adapts to diverse environments and tools.
