diff --git a/src/impl/shared/config_reader.c b/src/impl/shared/config_reader.c
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+++ b/src/impl/shared/config_reader.c
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+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdbool.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+
+#include "config_file.h"
+
+/*
+ * Example usage
+
+FILE *fcr;
+fcr = fopen("./test-read.cfg", "r");
+
+char *ckey;
+char *cval;
+while(config_read(fcr, &ckey, &cval)) {
+  fprintf(stderr, "key: %s\nval: %s\n\n",ckey,cval);
+}
+
+fclose(fcr);
+
+ */
+
+keyvaluepair_t config_read(FILE *fp) {
+  keyvaluepair_t result;
+  result.key = "";
+  result.value = "";
+  result.loop = false;
+
+  // If the input file doesn't exist then just exit
+  if (fp == NULL) {
+    fprintf(stderr, "Can't read from a non-existant file");
+    return result;
+  }
+
+  // Max line length is 250
+  int MAX_LEN = 250;
+  char buffer[MAX_LEN];
+
+  // Grab a line but if there aren't any return false
+  if(!fgets(buffer, MAX_LEN - 1, fp)) return result;
+
+  // Find the newline and remove it
+  buffer[strcspn(buffer, "\n")] = 0;
+
+  // Get the char at " = " and calculate the offset
+  char *midchar = strstr(buffer, " = ");
+  int midpoint = midchar - buffer;
+
+  // Make a char array big enough for the key and copy the key into it
+  char keytoken[midpoint+1];
+  strncpy(keytoken, buffer, midpoint);
+  keytoken[midpoint]=0;
+
+  // Make a char array big enough for the rest and copy from 3 chars after midchar
+  char valtoken[MAX_LEN-midpoint+1];
+  strcpy(valtoken, buffer+midpoint+3);
+  valtoken[MAX_LEN-midpoint]=0;
+
+  // Return them via the char array pointers
+  result.key = malloc(midpoint+1);
+  result.value = malloc(MAX_LEN-midpoint+1);
+  strcpy(result.key, keytoken);
+  strcpy(result.value, valtoken);
+  result.loop = true;
+
+  return result;
+}
diff --git a/src/impl/shared/config_writer.c b/src/impl/shared/config_writer.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a90bd55
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+++ b/src/impl/shared/config_writer.c
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+#include <stdio.h>
+
+#include "config_file.h"
+
+/*
+ * Example usage
+
+FILE *fcw;
+fcw = fopen("./test-write.cfg", "w");
+
+int count = 5;
+
+char *testkeys[] = {
+  "test1",
+  "bb",
+  "key",
+  "value",
+  "idk"
+};
+char *testvalues[] = {
+  "test2",
+  "dd",
+  "to",
+  "pair",
+  "maybe"
+};
+
+for(int i=0; i<count; i++) {
+  config_write(fcw, testkeys[i], testvalues[i]);
+}
+
+fclose(fcw);
+
+ */
+
+void config_write(FILE *fp, char *key, char *value) {
+  if (fp == NULL) {
+    fprintf(stderr, "Can't write to a non-existant file");
+    key = NULL;
+    value = NULL;
+    return;
+  }
+
+  fprintf(fp, "%s = %s\n", key, value);
+  fprintf(stderr, "wrote: %s = %s\n", key, value);
+}
diff --git a/src/impl/shared/unix_socket_client.c b/src/impl/shared/unix_socket_client.c
new file mode 100644
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+++ b/src/impl/shared/unix_socket_client.c
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+#include "unix_sockets.h"
+
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <errno.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+#include <string.h>
+
+int unix_socket_client_start(char *sock_path) {
+  struct sockaddr_un addr;
+
+  // Create a new client socket with domain: AF_UNIX, type: SOCK_STREAM, protocol: 0
+  int sfd = socket(AF_UNIX, SOCK_STREAM, 0);
+
+  // Make sure socket's file descriptor is legit.
+  if (sfd == -1) {
+    fprintf(stderr,"ERROR: socket is not legit");
+    return -1;
+  }
+
+  //
+  // Construct server address, and make the connection.
+  //
+  memset(&addr, 0, sizeof(struct sockaddr_un));
+  addr.sun_family = AF_UNIX;
+  strncpy(addr.sun_path, sock_path, sizeof(addr.sun_path) - 1);
+
+  // Connects the active socket referred to be sfd to the listening socket
+  // whose address is specified by addr.
+  if (connect(sfd, (struct sockaddr *) &addr, sizeof(struct sockaddr_un)) == -1) {
+    fprintf(stderr,"Failed to connect");
+    return -1;
+  }
+
+  return sfd;
+}
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diff --git a/src/impl/shared/unix_socket_server.c b/src/impl/shared/unix_socket_server.c
new file mode 100644
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+++ b/src/impl/shared/unix_socket_server.c
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+#include "unix_sockets.h"
+
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <errno.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+#include <string.h>
+
+int unix_socket_server_start(char *sock_path) {
+  struct sockaddr_un addr;
+
+  // Create a new server socket with domain: AF_UNIX, type: SOCK_STREAM, protocol: 0
+  int sfd = socket(AF_UNIX, SOCK_STREAM, 0);
+  printf("Server socket fd = %d\n", sfd);
+
+  // Make sure socket's file descriptor is legit.
+  if (sfd == -1) {
+    fprintf(stderr,"ERROR: socket is not legit");
+    return -1;
+  }
+
+  // Make sure the address we're planning to use isn't too long.
+  if (strlen(sock_path) > sizeof(addr.sun_path) - 1) {
+    fprintf(stderr,"Server socket path too long: %s",sock_path);
+    return -1;
+  }
+
+  // Delete any file that already exists at the address. Make sure the deletion
+  // succeeds. If the error is just that the file/directory doesn't exist, it's fine.
+  if (remove(sock_path) == -1 && errno != ENOENT) {
+    fprintf(stderr,"remove-%s",sock_path);
+    return -1;
+  }
+
+  // Zero out the address, and set family and path.
+  memset(&addr, 0, sizeof(struct sockaddr_un));
+  addr.sun_family = AF_UNIX;
+  strncpy(addr.sun_path, sock_path, sizeof(addr.sun_path) - 1);
+
+  // Bind the socket to the address. Note that we're binding the server socket
+  // to a well-known address so that clients know where to connect.
+  if (bind(sfd, (struct sockaddr *) &addr, sizeof(struct sockaddr_un)) == -1) {
+    fprintf(stderr,"Failed to bind");
+    return -1;
+  }
+
+  // The listen call marks the socket as *passive*. The socket will subsequently
+  // be used to accept connections from *active* sockets.
+  // listen cannot be called on a connected socket (a socket on which a connect()
+  // has been succesfully performed or a socket returned by a call to accept()).
+  if (listen(sfd, BACKLOG) == -1) {
+    fprintf(stderr,"Failed to listen");
+    return -1;
+  }
+
+  return sfd;
+}