Eric Minick's article identifies common pitfalls that suggest a team might not be properly implementing continuous delivery (CD) practices and offers strategies to improve. It highlights issues such as lengthy deployment times, excessive planning, and reliance on dedicated release teams, which can hinder the efficiency and speed of software delivery. The article stresses the importance of committing to trunk, rapidly fixing build and deployment failures, and minimizing manual interventions in deployment pipelines. It also underscores the need for developers to deploy and debug their own code to enhance efficiency and highlights the importance of understanding the business impact of deployments. Minick clarifies that DevOps is a cultural approach, while CD is a set of practices aimed at delivering software safely and quickly, and he advises organizations to adopt CD principles to stay competitive.