1) No, it's not a joke. This blog has really been around that long.

2) He's not against micro-services. He's just saying that your problems won't go away bc you're building micro-services instead of monoliths.

PS: i would say #1 is a joke.

> The tagline on this website is "Guiding Developers since 1869". Is that a joke?

i'm trying to imagine a situation where it could be serious, but i'm not coming up with much.

The whole post is so poorly written I suspected satire, but if it’s supposed to be satire it’s either terrible satire or so brilliant it went over my head.