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#OTD in #ComputingHistory in 1815, Ada Lovelace, the first computer programmer, was born. As the daughter of poet Lord Byron and mathematician Annabella Milbanke, Ada inherited a unique blend of creativity and analytical thinking. Working alongside Charles Babbage on his design for the Analytical Engine, she wrote the first computer algorithm in her notes. Her work laid the conceptual foundation for computing as we know it today. In an era when women’s contributions to science were often overloo