From the article, the author clearly states he has issues with the DI-driven design in general; Spring just happened to be the DI framework he was using at the time. Guice or any other framework for that matter would not have made any difference.

Money quotes:

>>>> In the end, creating a coherent, small system is to me of much higher value than to create one that is decoupled just for the sake of decoupling. Coherence and decoupling are opposing forces and I side with coherence.

>>>> So reuse and decoupling are opposing forces. I find myself siding with decoupling.