Expanding the Luck Surface Area for Supporting EPA SWMM 6

 I recently published an interactive web app called SWMM 6 — Luck Surface Area for Supporting SWMM 6, designed to explore how different forms of effort can widen the opportunity to help advance EPA SWMM 6. The app is built as an interactive strategy builder where sliders let you allocate effort across eleven abilities, then show how those abilities combine into a weighted “luck surface area.”

The core idea is simple but powerful: luck is not treated as random chance alone, but as the product of Doing and Telling. In the app, “Doing” includes abilities such as Engine Knowledge, AI Apps, Apps, and New Code, while “Telling” includes Journal Articles, LinkedIn Articles, Newsletter writing, posts, blogs, videos, and tweets. The app explains that these factors multiply rather than add, which means meaningful impact comes from strengthening both execution and communication.

What makes the app especially relevant for the SWMM community is its framing around long-term technical contribution. It highlights deep engine knowledge, AI-assisted tools, deployed apps, and peer-reviewed articles as the highest-leverage ways to build support for SWMM 6, while also recognizing the role of broader outreach through blogging, LinkedIn, and video.
The published site is available at my-swmm-luck-surface-area.netlify.app, and the Netlify project overview confirms that this is the live URL for the project my-swmm-luck-surface-area.
The app presents a clear message for technical developers and modelers: expertise alone is not enough, and visibility alone is not enough either. Sustainable progress comes from combining domain knowledge, new tools, and public communication into one deliberate strategy for supporting the future of SWMM.