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You see this in the discussion of modular forms and related topics. When complex variable $\tau$ is in the upper half-plane $\operatorname{Im} \tau > 0$, the related complex variable $q = e^{2\pi i \tau}$ is in the (punctured) unit disk $0 < |q| < 1$.
An important derivation in this setting [call it say $\vartheta$] is defined as follows. If $f$ is a function of $q$, equivalently a function of $\tau$ with period $1$, $$ \vartheta f = \frac{1}{2\pi i}\frac{d}{d\tau} f \qquad\text{in terms of }\tau $$ or $$ \vartheta f = q\frac{d}{dq} f \qquad\text{in terms of } q $$ Thus, the logarithmic derivative in terms of $\tau$ is essentially your operator $T$ in terms of $q$: $$ \frac{\vartheta f}{f} = \frac{1}{2\pi i}\frac{df/d\tau}{f} = q \frac{df/dq}{f} = T [f] . $$


Some random examples (i)
$$ E_2 = 24\frac{\vartheta \eta}{\eta} = 24 \;T [\eta] $$ where $\eta$ is the Dedekind eta function and $E_2$ is an Eisenstein series: $$ \eta(q) = q^{1/24}\prod_{n=1}^\infty(1-q^n) \\ E_2(q) = 1 - 24\sum_{k=1}^\infty \sigma(k) q^k $$
And (ii)
$$ T[j_{3B}](\tau) = \frac{1}{2}E_2(\tau) - \frac{3}{2}E_2(3\tau) $$ where $$ j_{3B}(\tau) = \frac{\eta(\tau)^{12}}{\eta(3\tau)^{12}} $$ is a Hauptmodul for modular curve $X_0(3)$. See A030182.


Plug. These two examples copied from the appendix of arXiv:2005.20733

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