[malkia]

This may no longer be the case, but back at Google I remember one day having my java library no longer using the client library logger, but spawning some other app and talking (sending logs to it). That other app used to be fat-client, linked in our app, supported by another team. First I was wtf.. Then it hit me - this other team can update their "logging" binary at different cycle than us (hence we don't have to be on the same "build" cycle). All they needed to do for us is provide with very "thin" and rarelly changing interface library. And they can write it in any language they like (Java, c++, go, rust, etc.)

Also no need to be .so/ (or .dll/.dylib) - just some quick IPC to send messages around. Actually can be better. For one, if their app is still buffering messages, my app can exit, while theirs still run. Or security reasons (or not having to think about these), etc. etc. So still statically linked but processes talking to each other. (Granted does not always work for some special apps, like audio/video plugins, but I think works fine for the case above).