Nice article but I'd point out two things:

1. 'Death' is a bit too extreme. I think everybody is excited at first and tries to find an excuse to use microservices. We're assisting to a decline in that initial push, that's all.

2. I think the point about transactions is fair, as well as the expertise and team concerns, but the rest are mostly "it's too hard and complex". It'll get better with time. I think that being a bit uncomfortable as a dev is not too bad, that's what we're here for (assuming there's a real need of course).