Fair enough; I did initially mention the API specifically as the issue, but it's also probably obvious by now that I have pretty strong opinions about API desig

Fair enough; I did initially mention the API specifically as the issue, but it's also probably obvious by now that I have pretty strong opinions about API design as worthy of its own consideration, so it's possible I might have mistakenly assumed it was more clear what I was talking about for people who don't focus on it as much as I do