CI/CD Build Systems for Cloud-Native Applications

TLDR ; Multi-stage Docker builds with BuildKit caching reduce image sizes by 80% and build times by 60% Remote build caching shares artifacts across developers and CI, eliminating redundant work Parallel pipeline execution runs independent stages simultaneously for faster feedback SBOM generation and container signing are now required for European regulated industries Build systems are the foundation of every CI/CD pipeline . They transform source code into deployable artifacts: container images