DSLs and API are fundamentally the same thing, they're making decisions for the user so they can be sped up and reduce cognitive load. The only difference is the manner in which it's expressed. It turns out functions and interfaces are a pretty good way to express... most things you want to do in a program. Lisp acknowledges this and runs with it.

IMO we need a language (or library?) that forces builders of an API to make incorrect behavior hard or impossible. Here's some scribbled out ideas: https://packetlost.dev/blog/lang-scribbles/