API cannot have a user modifying the project while the API is modifying the project?

The project configuration seems really limited. Only allowing one person at a time to connect and make changes.

We were hoping the API would help but it seems to require giving itself write access over and over again for every edit you make, changing the project ID and not allowing, as far as I can tell, any kind of bulk import. So if I want to manipulate 100 tags it gives itself write access 100 different times and is fairly slow.

I'm not sure but it seemed like anytime the API was manipulated anything if there was another user live looking at the project they lost access.

Am I missing something? Is there a way to have more than one user editing a project at a time? Is there any way to bulk import devices and channels and tags in one shot with the API?