diff --git a/app/Console/BaseCommand.php b/app/Console/BaseCommand.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..2cbea30b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/Console/BaseCommand.php
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace App\Console;
+
+use Illuminate\Console\Command;
+use Symfony\Component\Process\Process;
+
+class BaseCommand extends Command
+{
+
+    /**
+     * Streaming file read
+     * @param $filename
+     * @return \Generator
+     */
+    public function readFile($filename)
+    {
+        $fp = fopen($filename, 'rb');
+
+        while (($line = fgets($fp)) !== false) {
+            $line = rtrim($line, "\r\n");
+            if ($line[0] === ';') {
+                continue;
+            }
+
+            yield $line;
+        }
+
+        fclose($fp);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @param $cmd
+     */
+    public function runCommand($cmd)
+    {
+        if (is_array($cmd))
+            $cmd = join(' ', $cmd);
+
+        $this->info('Running "' . $cmd . '"');
+
+        $process = new Process($cmd);
+        $process->run(function ($type, $buffer) {
+            if (Process::ERR === $type) {
+                echo $buffer;
+            } else {
+                echo $buffer;
+            }
+        });
+    }
+}
diff --git a/app/Console/Commands/AcarsReplay.php b/app/Console/Commands/AcarsReplay.php
index 3b8537e1..04632f13 100644
--- a/app/Console/Commands/AcarsReplay.php
+++ b/app/Console/Commands/AcarsReplay.php
@@ -2,14 +2,13 @@
 
 namespace App\Console\Commands;
 
-use Illuminate\Console\Command;
 use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Collection;
 use GuzzleHttp\Client;
 
+use App\Console\BaseCommand;
 use App\Facades\Utils;
-use Symfony\Component\Console\Input\InputOption;
 
-class AcarsReplay extends Command
+class AcarsReplay extends BaseCommand
 {
     protected $signature = 'phpvms:replay {files} {--manual} {--write-all} {--no-submit}';
     protected $description = 'Replay an ACARS file';
diff --git a/app/Console/Commands/CreateDatabase.php b/app/Console/Commands/CreateDatabase.php
index 8afbba2a..7c051f1a 100644
--- a/app/Console/Commands/CreateDatabase.php
+++ b/app/Console/Commands/CreateDatabase.php
@@ -2,13 +2,9 @@
 
 namespace App\Console\Commands;
 
-use Illuminate\Console\Command;
+use App\Console\BaseCommand;
 
-use Symfony\Component\Process\Process;
-use Symfony\Component\Process\Exception\ProcessFailedException;
-
-
-class CreateDatabase extends Command
+class CreateDatabase extends BaseCommand
 {
     protected $signature = 'database:create {--reset} {--conn=?}';
     protected $description = 'Create a database';
@@ -20,21 +16,6 @@ class CreateDatabase extends Command
         $this->os = new \Tivie\OS\Detector();
     }
 
-    protected function runCommand($cmd)
-    {
-        $cmd = join(' ', $cmd);
-
-        $this->info('Running "' . $cmd . '"');
-
-        $proc = new Process($cmd);
-        $proc->run();
-        if (!$proc->isSuccessful()) {
-            throw new ProcessFailedException($proc);
-        }
-
-        echo $proc->getOutput();
-    }
-
     /**
      * create the mysql database
      * @param $dbkey
diff --git a/app/Console/Commands/DevCommands.php b/app/Console/Commands/DevCommands.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a51d630c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/Console/Commands/DevCommands.php
@@ -0,0 +1,69 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace App\Console\Commands;
+
+use DB;
+
+use App\Console\BaseCommand;
+use App\Models\Acars;
+use App\Models\Pirep;
+
+class DevCommands extends BaseCommand
+{
+    protected $signature = 'phpvms:dev {cmd}';
+    protected $description = 'Developer commands';
+
+    /**
+     * Run dev related commands
+     */
+    public function handle()
+    {
+        $command = trim($this->argument('cmd'));
+
+        if (!$command) {
+            $this->error('No command specified!');
+            exit();
+        }
+
+        $commands = [
+            'clear-acars' => 'clearAcars',
+            'compile-assets' => 'compileAssets',
+        ];
+
+        if(!array_key_exists($command, $commands)) {
+            $this->error('Command not found!');
+            exit();
+        }
+
+        $this->{$commands[$command]}();
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Delete all the data from the ACARS and PIREP tables
+     */
+    protected function clearAcars()
+    {
+        if(config('database.default') === 'mysql') {
+            DB::statement('SET foreign_key_checks=0');
+        }
+
+        Acars::truncate();
+        Pirep::truncate();
+
+        if (config('database.default') === 'mysql') {
+            DB::statement('SET foreign_key_checks=1');
+        }
+
+        $this->info('ACARS and PIREPs cleared!');
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Compile all the CSS/JS assets into their respective files
+     * Calling the webpack compiler
+     */
+    protected function compileAssets()
+    {
+        $this->runCommand('npm update');
+        $this->runCommand('npm run dev');
+    }
+}
diff --git a/app/Console/Commands/Install.php b/app/Console/Commands/Install.php
index cb6b3457..414053d4 100644
--- a/app/Console/Commands/Install.php
+++ b/app/Console/Commands/Install.php
@@ -2,10 +2,9 @@
 
 namespace App\Console\Commands;
 
-use Illuminate\Console\Command;
+use App\Console\BaseCommand;
 
-
-class Install extends Command
+class Install extends BaseCommand
 {
     protected $signature = 'phpvms:install 
                                 {--update}
diff --git a/app/Console/Commands/NavdataCommand.php b/app/Console/Commands/NavdataCommand.php
index 1da0b8f5..23c61365 100644
--- a/app/Console/Commands/NavdataCommand.php
+++ b/app/Console/Commands/NavdataCommand.php
@@ -2,39 +2,16 @@
 
 namespace App\Console\Commands;
 
-use Illuminate\Console\Command;
-use League\Geotools\Coordinate\Coordinate;
-
+use App\Console\BaseCommand;
 use App\Models\Navdata;
 use App\Models\Enums\NavaidType;
 
 
-class NavdataCommand extends Command
+class NavdataCommand extends BaseCommand
 {
     protected $signature = 'phpvms:navdata';
     protected $description = '';
 
-    /**
-     * Streaming file read
-     * @param $filename
-     * @return \Generator
-     */
-    protected function readFile($filename)
-    {
-        $fp = fopen($filename, 'rb');
-
-        while (($line = fgets($fp)) !== false) {
-            $line = rtrim($line, "\r\n");
-            if($line[0] === ';') {
-                continue;
-            }
-
-            yield $line;
-        }
-
-        fclose($fp);
-    }
-
     /**
      * Read and parse in the navaid file
      * @throws \League\Geotools\Exception\InvalidArgumentException
diff --git a/app/Console/Kernel.php b/app/Console/Kernel.php
index 90dc7203..8da57da8 100755
--- a/app/Console/Kernel.php
+++ b/app/Console/Kernel.php
@@ -13,8 +13,11 @@ class Kernel extends ConsoleKernel
      * @var array
      */
     protected $commands = [
+        Commands\AcarsReplay::class,
         Commands\CreateDatabase::class,
+        Commands\DevCommands::class,
         Commands\Install::class,
+        Commands\NavdataCommand::class,
     ];
 
     /**