A CI/CD component builder's journey

What this post added

This post details the author's personal journey and best practices in building and publishing GitLab CI/CD components. It introduces the concept of independent component versions, global visibility with control, and catalog metadata. It provides code examples for various components, including 'Hello World', 'Hello World Container', 'GitVersion Ultimate Auto Semversioning', 'Amazon CodeGuru Secure SAST Scanner', 'Checkov IaC SAST', 'Super-Linter', 'Kaniko', and 'CI Component Publishing Utilities'. It also offers guidance on starting new components and finding published components.