Comment by psd1

A purely logic circuit with impedance-matched chips, sure. However, when you need to drive a load, you quickly need to learn about flyback diodes, pullup resistors, and chokes.

You find yourself on forums reading posts like "yeah, that's an n-junction unit, you'll find the circuit much easier with a p-junction. Try ANP1058 and forward-bias the gate", or other such gnomic directives.

"Curiouser and curiouser", said Alice, as she fell down the rabbit-hole.