Static linking also protects you from security patches. I like writing low-dependency software, but what that means is that I pick a distribution to build on a

Static linking also protects you from security patches. I like writing low-dependency software, but what that means is that I pick a distribution to build on and use their packages. If a library is not packaged, it has to be really good for me to depend on it. Sure, it might break once in a blue moon depending on how stable the distribution you use is, and you'll need to refresh your stuff every 4-9 years when a new version of the base OS is released and the old one goes EOL, but most of the time the result will be extremely low-maintenance.