diff --git a/.ycm_extra_conf.py b/.ycm_extra_conf.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..18a613bab
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.ycm_extra_conf.py
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+from os.path import dirname, realpath, join, exists
+
+_PROJ_ROOT = dirname(realpath(__file__))
+
+
+def Settings(**kwargs):
+    venv_interpreter = join(_PROJ_ROOT, "venv", "bin", "python")
+
+    if not exists(venv_interpreter):
+        parent_root = dirname(dirname(_PROJ_ROOT))
+        venv_interpreter = join(parent_root, "venv", "bin", "python")
+
+    return {"interpreter_path": venv_interpreter}
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index a4994be3d..137f8d295 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_DEBUG "-g")
 set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD 17)
 set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD_REQUIRED ON)
 set(CMAKE_CXX_EXTENSIONS OFF)
+set(CMAKE_EXPORT_COMPILE_COMMANDS ON)
 
 # Library funcs
 if (FAABRIC_STATIC_LIBS)
@@ -34,8 +35,8 @@ endif ()
 # https://github.com/grpc/grpc/blob/master/examples/cpp/helloworld/CMakeLists.txt
 include(FindProtobuf)
 set(protobuf_MODULE_COMPATIBLE TRUE)                                            
-                                                                                 
 find_package(Protobuf REQUIRED)                                                  
+
 message(STATUS "Using protobuf  \                                                
     ${PROTOBUF_LIBRARY} \                                                        
     ${PROTOBUF_PROTOC_LIBRARY} \                                                 
diff --git a/src/endpoint/CMakeLists.txt b/src/endpoint/CMakeLists.txt
index 66880ca48..592f1fc6d 100644
--- a/src/endpoint/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/endpoint/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -11,4 +11,4 @@ set(LIB_FILES
 
 faabric_private_lib(endpoint "${LIB_FILES}")
 
-target_link_libraries(endpoint pistache pthread)
+target_link_libraries(endpoint pistache pthread util)
diff --git a/src/endpoint/Endpoint.cpp b/src/endpoint/Endpoint.cpp
index e042b9d47..df7810e17 100644
--- a/src/endpoint/Endpoint.cpp
+++ b/src/endpoint/Endpoint.cpp
@@ -55,4 +55,4 @@ namespace faabric::endpoint {
 
         httpEndpoint.shutdown();
     }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/tasks/__init__.py b/tasks/__init__.py
index 2302c521f..18fbe09b4 100644
--- a/tasks/__init__.py
+++ b/tasks/__init__.py
@@ -2,9 +2,11 @@
 
 from . import build
 from . import container
+from . import dev
 
 ns = Collection(
     build,
     container,
+    dev,
 )
 
diff --git a/tasks/dev.py b/tasks/dev.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..650cb05c5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tasks/dev.py
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+from os import makedirs
+from shutil import rmtree
+from os.path import join, exists
+from subprocess import run
+
+from invoke import task
+
+from tasks.util.env import PROJ_ROOT
+
+
+_BUILD_DIR = join(PROJ_ROOT, "build", "cmake")
+_BIN_DIR = join(_BUILD_DIR, "bin")
+
+
+@task
+def cmake(ctx, clean=False):
+    if clean and exists(_BUILD_DIR):
+        rmtree(_BUILD_DIR)
+
+    if not exists(_BUILD_DIR):
+        makedirs(_BUILD_DIR)
+
+    cmd = [
+        "cmake",
+        "-GNinja",
+        "-DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Debug",
+        "-DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER=/usr/bin/clang++-10",
+        "-DCMAKE_C_COMPILER=/usr/bin/clang-10",
+        "../..",
+    ]
+
+    run(" ".join(cmd), shell=True, cwd=_BUILD_DIR)
+
+
+@task
+def cc(ctx, target):
+    run("cmake --build . --target {}".format(target), cwd=_BUILD_DIR, shell=True)
+
+
+@task
+def r(ctx, target):
+    run(
+        "./{}".format(target),
+        cwd=_BIN_DIR,
+        shell=True,
+    )
+
+
+@task
+def test(ctx, name, debug=False):
+    test_exe = join(_BUILD_DIR, "bin", "tests")
+
+    cmd = [
+        test_exe,
+        "-r console",
+        name,
+    ]
+
+    run(" ".join(cmd), shell=True, cwd=PROJ_ROOT)