When there is a bull run on Bitcoin, the quality of the topics on bitcointalk takes a turn for the worse.
Yeah, I totally hear you. Bitcointalk is now filled with topics like "how to buy/sell bitcoin", "BTC vs GOLD", "how to steal coins" and other unintelligible things that make you wonder, if there is such a thing as Bitcoin development anymore. On other forums you can learn how to use two-factor authentication on the blockchain, but here all you can find is schemes.
Then you are hanging out in the wrong areas...
Stick to the
technical areas such as here and
here where you will find the real ongoing developments and Bitcoin technical support or
the Bitcoin Mining areas for useful info regarding mining and the hardware used
BTC.
Areas such as "Project Development" and pretty much anything dealing with alts -- that IS generally crap and to be avoided as it will rot yer brain