Building to Teach: AI-Assisted Tools for Data Viz Education (w/ Ben Ferry)

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September 4th, 2026 - 9:30 AM (Pacific Time)

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What if you could use your own expertise and AI to build a tool that didn't exist yet? Ben did exactly that.

He built Ferry Tales Studio, a browser-based Vega-Lite chart editor for Power BI and Deneb users, using Claude Code to design, iterate, and ship something genuinely useful. In this live demo, Ben walks through the tool and explains why he built it: to give people a hands-on way to learn data visualisation by doing.

The takeaway: you don't need to be a software engineer to build tools that teach.

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Ben Ferry is a Senior Analytics Consultant at Solita Germany with a passion for data visualisation and making it more accessible. Through Power BI Ferry Tales, he creates content and tools to help the data community grow. Ferry Tales Studio, built with Claude Code, is his latest example of how practitioners can use AI to ship real, useful products without a traditional engineering background.

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(Livestream Replay) Pareto Principle for Power BI: Few Tricks, Big Wins - with Denis Selimovic

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By focusing on a few key tricks, you can solve the majority of your Power BI issues and achieve big wins with your reports. We'll cover a range of topics, from data loading with Power Query to data modeling and DAX performance optimization.

Join to learn how to work smarter, not harder, with Power BI and achieve better results with only 20% of the effort. Don't miss this opportunity to unlock the full potential of your Power BI solution!

GUEST BIO 👤

enis Selimovic is an enthusiastic Power BI user, Microsoft MVP, co-organizer of the Fabric User Group Switzerland and a speaker.

He works as a Principal Consultant, Trainer and Mentor specialized in the field of Business Intelligence at b.telligent in Switzerland.

Having had the privilege of working with Power BI since its release in 2015, Denis has accumulated extensive experience through involvement in numerous engaging projects over the years. His blog WhatTheFact.bi is a platform where he discusses various aspects of Power BI, shares best practices, provides tips, and eagerly anticipates fruitful exchanges with his readers.

Recently he started two YouTube channels about Power BI, one in English and one in German!

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