clarification

marsninja · marsninja · commit 5fdab73accab · 2026-04-09T19:22:07.000-04:00
diff --git a/docs/blog/posts/jac_vs_sota_todo_app.md b/docs/blog/posts/jac_vs_sota_todo_app.md
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ node Todo {
 }
 ```
 
-A `node` is a persistent data object in Jac's graph. You declare fields with types and defaults. The runtime handles storage. There's no ORM because there's no object-relational gap to bridge - the graph *is* the database.
+A `node` object, when connected to `root()`, is a persistent data object in Jac's graph. You declare fields with types and defaults. The runtime handles storage. There's no ORM because there's no object-relational gap to bridge - the graph *is* the database when connected to `root()`.
 
 ### SOTA - 14 lines
 

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`98`		-A `node` is a persistent data object in Jac's graph. You declare fields with types and defaults. The runtime handles storage. There's no ORM because there's no object-relational gap to bridge - the graph is the database.
	`98`	+A `node` object, when connected to `root()`, is a persistent data object in Jac's graph. You declare fields with types and defaults. The runtime handles storage. There's no ORM because there's no object-relational gap to bridge - the graph is the database when connected to `root()`.
`99`	`99`
`100`	`100`	`### SOTA - 14 lines`
`101`	`101`