alt Hacker NewsThey are effectively highly level wrappers over the most primitive operations. High enough level that they can be used from a GUI, rather than code.
It is a balance. Too few transforms and they become to low level for my users. Too many and you struggle to find the transform you want.
You don’t have to limit the transforms you offer users to just the core ones. But for your own sanity you can implement the none core ones in terms of the core ones.