In this episode, we'll explore two fascinating figures whose work intertwines in the mid nineteenth century. We'll talk about Charles Babbage, who conceptualized the first general purpose programmable computer and whose ideas are still reflected in the architecture of modern computer design. We'll also talk about Ada Lovelace, who fervently studied Babbage’s designs and was perhaps the first person to envision the true potential that machines would have more than one hundred years before anything like them would exist.