I feel like he is flogging dead horse here. There are scenarios where microservices make sense, for a large majority of problems, they don't and is harmful as they get companies into managing infrastructure that they have zero experiences, so you have this places that are developing stuff that is totally not appropriate for them.

I like things that are simpler and unless the problem is a natural fit for microservices, I would not use them and consider them harmful.

I do respect Mr. Fowler to clarify but just start where he says microservices exploded in popularity, he lost me there.