Raising an update omni-node:
`polkadot-omni-node` Meta: Tutorials and reference docs. · Issue #5568 · paritytech/polkadot-sdk · GitHub This issue is demonstrating what is the final vision of this project quite well. It also shows how a team can already use polkadot-parachain as their node, alongside a few other binaries listed there, to have a node-less development workflow.
Please also take the EVM plan noted in the issue above in mind.
A lot has been developed about this in the last few months, and I hope an initial milestone can be reached within the next stable release of polkadot-sdk by EOY.