diff --git a/services/backup/scripts/generate.sh b/services/backup/scripts/generate.sh
deleted file mode 100755
--- a/services/backup/scripts/generate.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-
-set -e
-
-echo "generating files from protos..."
-
-protoc -I=./protos --cpp_out=_generated --grpc_out=_generated --plugin=protoc-gen-grpc=`which grpc_cpp_plugin` ./protos/backup.proto
-protoc -I=./protos --cpp_out=_generated --grpc_out=_generated --plugin=protoc-gen-grpc=`which grpc_cpp_plugin` ./protos/blob.proto
-
-echo "success - code generated from protos"
diff --git a/services/backup/scripts/run_server.sh b/services/backup/scripts/run_server.sh
deleted file mode 100755
--- a/services/backup/scripts/run_server.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-
-set -e
-
-cmake/build/bin/backup
diff --git a/services/blob/scripts/build.sh b/services/blob/scripts/build.sh
deleted file mode 100755
--- a/services/blob/scripts/build.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,20 +0,0 @@
-#!/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/blob/scripts/build_server.sh b/services/blob/scripts/build_server.sh
deleted file mode 100755
--- a/services/blob/scripts/build_server.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,23 +0,0 @@
-#!/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/blob/scripts/generate.sh b/services/blob/scripts/generate.sh
deleted file mode 100755
--- a/services/blob/scripts/generate.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-
-set -e
-
-echo "generating files from protos..."
-
-protoc -I=./protos --cpp_out=_generated --grpc_out=_generated --plugin=protoc-gen-grpc=`which grpc_cpp_plugin` ./protos/blob.proto
-
-echo "success - code generated from protos"
diff --git a/services/blob/scripts/run_server.sh b/services/blob/scripts/run_server.sh
deleted file mode 100755
--- a/services/blob/scripts/run_server.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-
-set -e
-
-cmake/build/bin/blob
diff --git a/services/blob/scripts/run_tests.sh b/services/blob/scripts/run_tests.sh
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--- a/services/blob/scripts/run_tests.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-
-set -e
-
-pushd cmake/build
-make test ARGS="-V"
-popd # cmake/build
diff --git a/services/backup/scripts/build.sh b/services/lib/scripts/build.sh
rename from services/backup/scripts/build.sh
rename to services/lib/scripts/build.sh
diff --git a/services/backup/scripts/build_server.sh b/services/lib/scripts/build_server.sh
rename from services/backup/scripts/build_server.sh
rename to services/lib/scripts/build_server.sh
diff --git a/services/lib/scripts/generate.sh b/services/lib/scripts/generate.sh
new file mode 100755
--- /dev/null
+++ b/services/lib/scripts/generate.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+#!/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
new file mode 100755
--- /dev/null
+++ b/services/lib/scripts/run_server.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+#!/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/backup/scripts/run_tests.sh b/services/lib/scripts/run_tests.sh
rename from services/backup/scripts/run_tests.sh
rename to services/lib/scripts/run_tests.sh