The Drupal path is fun and educational

As you struggle to get your sites to fit your needs, Drupal will stimulate you in a more rewarding way than would a more low-level environment such as a plain programming language. As you go along you
will experience and learn the inner workings of a system which has proven very powerful and which has become very popular. This will be useful for you in your later projects.

Dealing with insignificant details when writing a framework can be frustrating. With Drupal, the framework is in place and you can focus on the 'meat' of your project. With Drupal, you get the job done with less pain.