I have to believe these anti-microservices articles tend to be written by people who just don't need microservices, and maybe who also don't have much experience applying them to useful effect. Amazon, cited in the article as an originator of the practice, is a perfect example of where microservices are virtually unavoidable and central to the success of the company. There is no way to Amazon could have been built on on a small number of monoliths. None.