Actually the development is pretty good over at xda...if you look at the i9000 development its already has 2x the posts of the EVO..what kinda sucks at xds is they split up the devices up over there making it a pain for the developers and for users like us..a lot of the development happens on the Vibrant, captivate or i9000 and with minor tweaks works on ours and sometimes no tweaks at all...there is a thread on xda to get the development merged:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=764084
overall though I got to use the epic and its pretty good...only thing that I'm missing are Froyo (so I can load apps on the sd card)..and lazer beams attached to it...
And yes I'm finally back >.> yey