The emergence of online communities has brought about a significant impact on the research landscape. Today, we have access to vast amounts of data generated by users worldwide, making it possible for academics to conduct empirical studies with greater ease and convenience. Two of the most popular online communities for developers are StackOverflow and GitHub. In this blog, we discuss how these two communities may be used for empirical research and propose a method to extract data from them. Read more about StackOverflow and GitHub for Empirical Studies in Academia: Microservice Development Examples