Here's how to create instance quickly in Vulkan

vulkan_hello.c

#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <vulkan/vulkan.h>

static void check_impl(VkResult result, long line);
#define CHECK(x) (check_impl((x), __LINE__));

int main() {
    VkInstance instance;

    const char* instanceExtensions[] = { "VK_KHR_surface" };
    VkInstanceCreateInfo instanceCreateInfo = {
        .sType = VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_INSTANCE_CREATE_INFO,
        .enabledExtensionCount = 1,
        .ppEnabledExtensionNames = instanceExtensions,
    };
    CHECK(vkCreateInstance(&instanceCreateInfo, NULL, &instance));

    printf("Instance obtained\n");

    return 0;
}

static void check_impl(VkResult result, long line) {
    if (result != 0) {
        printf("line %ld: VkResult %d\n", line, result);
    }
}

Do you need to have Vulkan statically linked to do this?