Monday, 2nd March 2026
OpenTelemetry for AI Agents: How the Strands SDK Instruments Traces, Metrics, and Token Usage
I explored the Strands Agents SDK and found a comprehensive, production-ready OpenTelemetry integration built in. That surprised me. If you build AI agents and want visibility into what actually happens at runtime, this is worth understanding. By runtime I mean model calls, tool executions, latencies, and token usage.
[... 1,377 words]RDF, ROS, and Sim-to-Real: Understanding Robot Description Files
When you start to work with robot simulation, you immediately meet a file called something.urdf. This is true whether you use Isaac Sim, Gazebo, or MoveIt. It’s one of those things that seems simple on the surface but connects to everything in the robotics stack. Here’s a clear breakdown of what URDF is, what it isn’t, and how it fits alongside ROS.
ROS 2 Humble: Complete Installation Guide with Turtlesim from Zero to First Node
This is a complete walkthrough for installing ROS 2 Humble on Ubuntu 22.04 and running your first robot simulation with Turtlesim. I wrote this after I completed the process myself. The official docs are thorough but scattered across many pages. This puts everything in one place, from locale setup to writing your first Python node.
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