diff --git a/services/lib/scripts/build.sh b/services/lib/scripts/build.sh
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+++ b/services/lib/scripts/build.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+
+set -e
+
+NPROC=0
+
+NPROC=$(nproc 2> /dev/null || echo 1)
+if [[ $NPROC -eq 1 ]]; then
+  NPROC=$(sysctl -n hw.physicalcpu 2> /dev/null || echo 1)
+fi
+
+echo "building the server (nproc=$NPROC)..."
+
+pushd cmake/build
+cmake ../..
+make -j $NPROC
+
+popd
+
+echo "success - server built"
diff --git a/services/lib/scripts/build_server.sh b/services/lib/scripts/build_server.sh
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+++ b/services/lib/scripts/build_server.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+
+set -e
+
+# folly hack - https://github.com/facebook/folly/pull/1231
+sed -i 's/#if __has_include(<demangle.h>)/#if __has_include(<Demangle.h>)/g' /usr/lib/folly/folly/detail/Demangle.h
+
+rm -rf lib
+mkdir lib
+pushd lib
+ln -s /usr/lib/folly
+ln -s /usr/lib/glog
+ln -s /usr/lib/double-conversion
+popd # lib
+
+rm -rf _generated
+mkdir _generated
+
+rm -rf cmake/build
+mkdir -p cmake/build
+
+scripts/generate.sh
+scripts/build.sh
diff --git a/services/lib/scripts/generate.sh b/services/lib/scripts/generate.sh
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/services/lib/scripts/generate.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+
+set -e
+
+echo "generating files from protos..."
+
+for PROTO_FILE in $(ls ./protos); do
+  protoc -I=./protos --cpp_out=_generated --grpc_out=_generated --plugin=protoc-gen-grpc=`which grpc_cpp_plugin` ./protos/$PROTO_FILE
+done
+
+echo "success - code generated from protos"
diff --git a/services/lib/scripts/run_server.sh b/services/lib/scripts/run_server.sh
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/services/lib/scripts/run_server.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+
+set -e
+
+EXE_PATH="./cmake/build/bin"
+
+EXE=`ls $EXE_PATH`
+EXES=`ls $EXE_PATH | wc -l`
+
+if [[ $EXES -ne 1 ]]; then
+  echo "there should be exactly one executable of a service, $EXES found";
+  exit 1;
+fi
+
+$EXE_PATH/$EXE
diff --git a/services/lib/scripts/run_tests.sh b/services/lib/scripts/run_tests.sh
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/services/lib/scripts/run_tests.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+
+set -e
+
+pushd cmake/build
+make test ARGS="-V"
+popd # cmake/build