diff --git a/scripts/quick-deploy-test.sh b/scripts/quick-deploy-test.sh
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+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+# Beginnings of a script to quickly spin up and test a deployment
+if [[ -n "$CERC_SCRIPT_DEBUG" ]]; then
+    set -x
+fi
+if [[ -n "$1" ]]; then
+	stack_name=$1
+else
+	stack_name="test"
+fi
+spec_file_name="${stack_name}-spec.yml"
+deployment_dir_name="${stack_name}-deployment"
+rm -f ${spec_file_name}
+rm -rf ${deployment_dir_name}
+laconic-so --stack ${stack_name} deploy --deploy-to k8s-kind init --output ${spec_file_name}
+laconic-so --stack ${stack_name} deploy --deploy-to k8s-kind create --deployment-dir ${deployment_dir_name} --spec-file ${spec_file_name}
+#laconic-so deployment --dir ${deployment_dir_name} start
+#laconic-so deployment --dir ${deployment_dir_name} ps
+#laconic-so deployment --dir ${deployment_dir_name} stop