# 2026/07 - Upcoming and Ongoing Engineering Platform Changes **URL:** \ **Category:** Video Discussions\ **Tags:** brainstorming-video\ **Created:** [September 3, 2026, 2:25pm UTC](https://forum.thousandbrains.org/t/2026-07-upcoming-and-ongoing-engineering-platform-changes/1188 "2026-09-03T14:25:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![TBP-Announcements](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forum.thousandbrains.org/tbp-announcements/32/1065_2.png) [@TBP-Announcements](https://forum.thousandbrains.org/u/TBP-Announcements)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2026, 2:25pm UTC](https://forum.thousandbrains.org/t/2026-07-upcoming-and-ongoing-engineering-platform-changes/1188/1 "2026-09-03T14:25:15Z")
@tslominski presents on the upcoming and ongoing engineering platform changes. He explores the future of Monty, and how we’re hard at work to separate Monty from experiment infrastructure and simulated environments. Tristan also covers our plans for creating an inline telemetry pipeline that produces standardized logs, metrics, traces, and snapshots as these events occur. # Summary Video ![](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/uploads/thousandbrains/optimized/2X/e/ea1b71eb7059a1f511eef27502d9db3a4e76e6fd_2_690x388.jpeg)https://www.youtube.com/embed/AMf7ll-03jg?feature=oembed&wmode=opaque # Main Video ![](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/uploads/thousandbrains/optimized/2X/e/e16bdbb5ac6405f933c9aa44876a17d8e86acae9_2_690x388.jpeg)https://www.youtube.com/embed/G9CqGYArJLQ?feature=oembed&wmode=opaque [0:00](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G9CqGYArJLQ) Upcoming and Ongoing Engineering Platform Changes [0:07](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G9CqGYArJLQ&t=7s) Welcome and Agenda Overview [0:42](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G9CqGYArJLQ&t=42s) Next Up in Platform [1:26](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G9CqGYArJLQ&t=86s) Why Are we Separating Monty, Experiment, and Environment? [7:56](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G9CqGYArJLQ&t=476s) Thousand Brains Project Mission [8:13](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G9CqGYArJLQ&t=493s) Two Worlds: Experiments and Operations [9:05](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G9CqGYArJLQ&t=545s) Experiment World Architecture: Desired Future State [13:20](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G9CqGYArJLQ&t=800s) Operations World Architecture: Desired Future State [16:12](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G9CqGYArJLQ&t=972s) One Consequence Regarding Telemetry [16:50](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G9CqGYArJLQ&t=1010s) How Do We Gather Operational Telemetry? Emit Telemetry Inline [18:24](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G9CqGYArJLQ&t=1104s) What is Telemetry? Logs, Metrics, Traces, Snapshots [25:40](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G9CqGYArJLQ&t=1540s) Caveat Regarding Emitting Telemetry Inline [26:24](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G9CqGYArJLQ&t=1584s) Concrete Telemetry Scenario: post\_episode example [28:45](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G9CqGYArJLQ&t=1725s) Q&A: Is This Future or Present Work? [30:34](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G9CqGYArJLQ&t=1834s) Current Learning Module Memory and Emitting Events to Externalizate Memory [34:11](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G9CqGYArJLQ&t=2051s) Q&A: Where Does Reconstruction Happen? [37:56](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G9CqGYArJLQ&t=2276s) Q&A: Is Telemetry Configurable? [40:12](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G9CqGYArJLQ&t=2412s) Q&A: How Would Saving Data and Handlers Work for Telemetry? [42:44](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G9CqGYArJLQ&t=2564s) Telemetry Demo [53:07](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G9CqGYArJLQ&t=3187s) Q&A: What Would the Telemetry Data Format Be Like? [55:32](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G9CqGYArJLQ&t=3332s) Q&A: How Would Reconstruction Work for Custom Visualizations? [1:01:34](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G9CqGYArJLQ&t=3694s) Closing Thoughts ---
**Author:** ![AgentRev](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forum.thousandbrains.org/agentrev/32/651_2.png) [@AgentRev](https://forum.thousandbrains.org/u/AgentRev)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2026, 6:13am UTC](https://forum.thousandbrains.org/t/2026-07-upcoming-and-ongoing-engineering-platform-changes/1188/2 "2026-09-04T06:13:34Z")
That’s a great overview, really puts things in perspective. Rerun looks awesome. In the demo, we can see a lot of Monty-like data, and Tristan says it’s prototype code not in Monty’s format. But does the data actually come from a Monty instance that was interfaced with the Rerun API, or is it just synthetic data made to look Monty-like? ---
**Author:** ![tslominski](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forum.thousandbrains.org/tslominski/32/5_2.png) [@tslominski](https://forum.thousandbrains.org/u/tslominski)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2026, 6:04pm UTC](https://forum.thousandbrains.org/t/2026-07-upcoming-and-ongoing-engineering-platform-changes/1188/3 "2026-09-08T18:04:23Z")
Hi @AgentRev, the data came from an alternate _prototype_ implementation of the Monty _framework_. By “framework” here, I mean just the machinery to send data between some environment, some sensor modules, some learning modules, and some motor system, without any meaningful or useful implementations of any of those. I would describe it as real data flowing between no-op or trivial components. I hope that makes sense. ---
**Author:** ![evanuno](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forum.thousandbrains.org/evanuno/32/248_2.png) [@evanuno](https://forum.thousandbrains.org/u/evanuno)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2026, 6:27pm UTC](https://forum.thousandbrains.org/t/2026-07-upcoming-and-ongoing-engineering-platform-changes/1188/4 "2026-09-18T18:27:49Z")
Great work! This is the first step to the modular, expandable platform the open source community can begin to build attachments for.😃