http://programmer.ie/tags/text-transformation/ Recent content in Text Transformation on Programmer.ie: Modern AI programming Hugo en-us Wed, 02 Sep 2026 14:10:00 +0100 http://programmer.ie/books/browser-ai-from-first-principles/07-chapter/ Wed, 02 Sep 2026 14:10:00 +0100 http://programmer.ie/books/browser-ai-from-first-principles/07-chapter/ <p>Writer, Rewriter and Proofreader all accept text and return text-related results.</p> <p>That surface similarity makes it tempting to place them behind one function:</p> <div class="highlight"><pre tabindex="0" style="color:#f8f8f2;background-color:#272822;-moz-tab-size:4;-o-tab-size:4;tab-size:4;"><code class="language-javascript" data-lang="javascript"><span style="display:flex;"><span><span style="color:#66d9ef">const</span> <span style="color:#a6e22e">output</span> <span style="color:#f92672">=</span> <span style="color:#66d9ef">await</span> <span style="color:#a6e22e">improveText</span>(<span style="color:#a6e22e">input</span>); </span></span></code></pre></div><p>The name hides the most important property of the operation.</p> <p>How much is it allowed to change?</p> <p>A writer may create content that did not exist. A rewriter may change expression while preserving the underlying message. A proofreader should correct a bounded class of errors while leaving correct content alone.</p>