Should I use a CMS if I can develop it myself? [closed]

Question

I'm learning Drupal to save some production time for my websites, but it looks like it's the other way around. Maybe it's because I'm a beginner but I'm seeing that I spend a lot of time trying to make Drupal adjust to what I want, and it's not saving me time at all, maybe it comes with some 'ready to use' stuff but the time required to set it up, 'theme' it, etc it's actually bigger than the time I would need to code it and put it there.

Am I just a CMS noob or are these things overrated?

Answer 1

It will take you 20x the time to create a CMS than configuring a premade one. Unless you have LOTS of time, i would strongly suggest to use a ready made CMS.

Answer 2

I wouldn't use Drupal. I think that might be your problem too. Try something like Joomla. As a programmer, its fun to 'reinvent the wheel' to learn how stuff works but in the real world where time == money you need to think about what you can get working the best and quickest.

Answer 3

i have been having feelings that honestly all these CMS are straight up corporate hype...alot of "fluff" and unnessecary bulk features, that just crap your site up and make it way more complicated.

yes they make it easy to have a website up in no time, but honestly i think nothing beats having total control of your site and coding yourself if you can do so. this way you are completely independant from any outside software.