diff --git a/build b/build
index 307745f..dbab9c6 100755
--- a/build
+++ b/build
@@ -161,6 +161,36 @@ task_client-watch() {
 }
 
 
+# ██████  ███████ ██    ██       ███████ ███████ ██████  ██    ██ ███████ ██████
+# ██   ██ ██      ██    ██       ██      ██      ██   ██ ██    ██ ██      ██   ██
+# ██   ██ █████   ██    ██ █████ ███████ █████   ██████  ██    ██ █████   ██████
+# ██   ██ ██       ██  ██             ██ ██      ██   ██  ██  ██  ██      ██   ██
+# ██████  ███████   ████         ███████ ███████ ██   ██   ████   ███████ ██   ██
+
+task_dev-server() {
+	task_begin "Starting development server";
+	php -S "[::1]:40382" -t "app" &
+	exit_code=$?;
+	[[ "${exit_code}" -eq "0" ]] && echo $! >/tmp/summer-project-dev-server.pid;
+	task_end $?; # Should be 0 unless php died for some reason
+	sleep 1;
+}
+
+task_dev-server-stop() {
+	task_begin "Stopping development server";
+	
+	if [ ! -f "/tmp/summer-project-dev-server.pid" ]; then
+		echo -e "${HC}${FRED}Error: The development server doesn't appear to be running, so it can't be stopped. Have you tried running ./build dev-server?${RESET}";
+		return 1;
+	fi
+	
+	kill "$(cat /tmp/summer-project-dev-server.pid)";
+	rm /tmp/summer-project-dev-server.pid;
+	
+	task_end $?;
+}
+
+
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