About statically linked binaries: 1) I've only loved them, to recover failing disks and broken systems (i.e. a statically linked ddrescue) 2) I think it goes

About statically linked binaries: 1) I've only loved them, to recover failing disks and broken systems (i.e. a statically linked ddrescue) 2) I think it goes against the general Linux architecture (i.e. it multiplies the number of needed upgrades on a vulnerability/bug announcement, this is, you need to upgrade each "Go" tool used by the "sysadmin", if there is 2, 2 upgrades, if there is 134, 134 upgrades, on each server). 3) I'm aware it's a solution to certain issues (i.e. dependency problems), when proper solutions are not available (paranoid component control, local mirrors of all the stack, CI, staging environments, etc)