To code or no-code? That is the question

Hi all,

I’ve been trying to build a social bookmarking site with discussions similar to Reddit. I’ve been using Bubble so far. On the surface, the progress is amazing. Logins and UI are all there. But I am having some issues. Nested comments are almost impossible (I have checked on the bubble forums). Working on large lists times things out. There are also some speed issues. Lastly, if I ever want to migrate to in-house traditional building, there is vendor lock-in and I can’t move users to a new platform (or do I save passwords?? Which is unethical and risky). Should I just keep making workarounds or learn a framework. I have a few months free coming and have a bit of background with Django. Do you think it would be worth it in the long run?

I don’t care about employment prospects at all. My only concern is the trade-off between speed of learning and lack of skill atrophy (no-code/Bubble) and customization (code/Django).

I will be working 60h weeks after so learning will be tricky. I have tried to learn to code before, but I find skill atrophy a huge issue. If I coded day-to-day it would be fine. But when I look at code after not using it for a while I am completely lost and always need to re-learn.

Many thanks for your input