# The Training Trap: Underfitting, Overfitting, and How to Escape Them

DevFeed: [The Training Trap: Underfitting, Overfitting, and How to Escape Them](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/the-training-trap-underfitting-overfitting-and-how-to-escape-them-18207.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://newsletter.francofernando.com/p/the-training-trap-underfitting-overfitting>)

Author: Franco Fernando

Published: 2026-06-27T08:34:14Z

Content type: tutorial

Language: en

Sources: [The Polymathic Engineer](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/the-polymathic-engineer.md>)

Topics: [Machine learning](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/machine-learning.md>), [Training AI Models](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/training-ai-models.md>), [machine learning overfitting](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/machine-learning-overfitting.md>)

Tags: [guide](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/guide.md>), [how-to](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/how-to.md>), [machine-learning](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/machine-learning.md>), [techniques](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/techniques.md>), [training](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/training.md>)

## AI overview

A practical guide to common machine learning training problems, including underfitting and overfitting, with techniques for addressing them.

## Source excerpt

A practical guide to the most common problems in machine learning training and the techniques to solve them.