Yes, unfortunately things have died down a lot. I have tried to get new material over here inviting chefs (kingsrom) and kernel developers (lithid) but unfortunately their threads are not being updated nor is there much feedback or activity in the threads. I would bet they probably don't feel the need to update these threads since it appears very few people are interested. Granted, Evo development in general is slowing down overall, but especially here. There are plenty of good roms to try though, just not here at the moment....
btw, good example here:
http://forum.ppcgeeks.com/cdma-htc-e...6-35-10-a.html
Lithid's xda threads are blowing up but only 3 posts here... doesn't look good imo.