diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 601ca71866..690204faa0 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -17,11 +17,11 @@
     "debug-build": "concurrently yarn:compile:main yarn:compile:extension-types",
     "dev-run": "nodemon --watch ./static/build/main.js --exec \"electron --remote-debugging-port=9223 --inspect .\"",
     "dev:main": "yarn run compile:main --watch --progress",
-    "dev:renderer": "yarn run ts-node webpack.dev-server.ts",
+    "dev:renderer": "yarn run ts-node webpack/dev-server.ts",
     "compile": "env NODE_ENV=production concurrently yarn:compile:*",
-    "compile:main": "yarn run webpack --config webpack.main.ts",
-    "compile:renderer": "yarn run webpack --config webpack.renderer.ts",
-    "compile:extension-types": "yarn run webpack --config webpack.extensions.ts",
+    "compile:main": "yarn run webpack --config webpack/main.ts",
+    "compile:renderer": "yarn run webpack --config webpack/renderer.ts",
+    "compile:extension-types": "yarn run webpack --config webpack/extensions.ts",
     "npm:fix-build-version": "yarn run ts-node build/set_build_version.ts",
     "npm:fix-package-version": "yarn run ts-node build/set_npm_version.ts",
     "build:linux": "yarn run compile && electron-builder --linux --dir",
diff --git a/src/common/utils/defineGlobal.ts b/src/common/utils/defineGlobal.ts
deleted file mode 100755
index 50d685dc5a..0000000000
--- a/src/common/utils/defineGlobal.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,18 +0,0 @@
-/**
- * Copyright (c) OpenLens Authors. All rights reserved.
- * Licensed under MIT License. See LICENSE in root directory for more information.
- */
-
-// Setup variable in global scope (top-level object)
-// Global type definition must be added separately to `mocks.d.ts` in form:
-// declare const __globalName: any;
-
-export function defineGlobal(propName: string, descriptor: PropertyDescriptor) {
-  const scope = typeof global !== "undefined" ? global : window;
-
-  if (Object.prototype.hasOwnProperty.call(scope, propName)) {
-    return;
-  }
-
-  Object.defineProperty(scope, propName, descriptor);
-}
diff --git a/src/common/utils/index.ts b/src/common/utils/index.ts
index 0ecb4bc71e..eab3239350 100644
--- a/src/common/utils/index.ts
+++ b/src/common/utils/index.ts
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ export * from "./collection-functions";
 export * from "./convertCpu";
 export * from "./convertMemory";
 export * from "./debouncePromise";
-export * from "./defineGlobal";
 export * from "./delay";
 export * from "./disposer";
 export * from "./downloadFile";
diff --git a/src/common/vars.ts b/src/common/vars.ts
index 5a08e458a0..af61a29655 100644
--- a/src/common/vars.ts
+++ b/src/common/vars.ts
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@
 import path from "path";
 import { SemVer } from "semver";
 import packageInfo from "../../package.json";
-import { defineGlobal } from "./utils/defineGlobal";
 import { lazyInitialized } from "./utils/lazy-initialized";
 
 export const isMac = process.platform === "darwin";
@@ -101,26 +100,12 @@ export const kubectlBinaryName = getBinaryName("kubectl");
  * @deprecated for being explicit side effect.
  */
 export const kubectlBinaryPath = lazyInitialized(() => path.join(baseBinariesDir.get(), kubectlBinaryName));
-
-// Webpack build paths
-export const contextDir = process.cwd();
-export const buildDir = path.join(contextDir, "static", publicPath);
-export const preloadEntrypoint = path.join(contextDir, "src/preload.ts");
-export const mainDir = path.join(contextDir, "src/main");
-export const rendererDir = path.join(contextDir, "src/renderer");
-export const htmlTemplate = path.resolve(rendererDir, "template.html");
-export const sassCommonVars = path.resolve(rendererDir, "components/vars.scss");
-
-// Special runtime paths
-defineGlobal("__static", {
-  get() {
-    const root = isDevelopment
-      ? contextDir
-      : (process.resourcesPath ?? contextDir);
-
-    return path.resolve(root, "static");
-  },
-});
+export const staticFilesDirectory = path.resolve(
+  !isProduction
+    ? process.cwd()
+    : process.resourcesPath,
+  "static",
+);
 
 // Apis
 export const apiPrefix = "/api" as string; // local router apis
diff --git a/src/common/vars/context-dir.injectable.ts b/src/common/vars/context-dir.injectable.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index fdef6c2c71..0000000000
--- a/src/common/vars/context-dir.injectable.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-/**
- * Copyright (c) OpenLens Authors. All rights reserved.
- * Licensed under MIT License. See LICENSE in root directory for more information.
- */
-import { getInjectable } from "@ogre-tools/injectable";
-import { contextDir } from "../vars";
-
-const contextDirInjectable = getInjectable({
-  id: "context-dir",
-  instantiate: () => contextDir,
-});
-
-export default contextDirInjectable;
diff --git a/src/extensions/extension-discovery/extension-discovery.ts b/src/extensions/extension-discovery/extension-discovery.ts
index 0bb6f4f08a..846a13f17e 100644
--- a/src/extensions/extension-discovery/extension-discovery.ts
+++ b/src/extensions/extension-discovery/extension-discovery.ts
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ import logger from "../../main/logger";
 import type { ExtensionsStore } from "../extensions-store/extensions-store";
 import type { ExtensionLoader } from "../extension-loader";
 import type { LensExtensionId, LensExtensionManifest } from "../lens-extension";
-import { isProduction } from "../../common/vars";
+import { isProduction, staticFilesDirectory } from "../../common/vars";
 import type { ExtensionInstallationStateStore } from "../extension-installation-state-store/extension-installation-state-store";
 import type { PackageJson } from "type-fest";
 import { extensionDiscoveryStateChannel } from "../../common/ipc/extension-handling";
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ export class ExtensionDiscovery {
   }
 
   get inTreeFolderPath(): string {
-    return path.resolve(__static, "../extensions");
+    return path.resolve(staticFilesDirectory, "../extensions");
   }
 
   get nodeModulesPath(): string {
diff --git a/src/main/index.ts b/src/main/index.ts
index 4162b30bcd..f6c0b1bbc0 100644
--- a/src/main/index.ts
+++ b/src/main/index.ts
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ import httpProxy from "http-proxy";
 import * as LensExtensionsCommonApi from "../extensions/common-api";
 import * as LensExtensionsMainApi from "../extensions/main-api";
 import { app, autoUpdater, dialog, powerMonitor } from "electron";
-import { appName, isIntegrationTesting, isMac, isWindows, productName } from "../common/vars";
+import { appName, isIntegrationTesting, isMac, isWindows, productName, staticFilesDirectory } from "../common/vars";
 import { LensProxy } from "./lens-proxy";
 import { WindowManager } from "./window-manager";
 import { ClusterManager } from "./cluster-manager";
@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ async function main(di: DiContainer) {
 
   powerMonitor.on("shutdown", () => app.exit());
 
-  registerFileProtocol("static", __static);
+  registerFileProtocol("static", staticFilesDirectory);
 
   PrometheusProviderRegistry.createInstance();
   initializers.initPrometheusProviderRegistry();
diff --git a/src/main/router/router.ts b/src/main/router/router.ts
index 56455e52e7..545462ead6 100644
--- a/src/main/router/router.ts
+++ b/src/main/router/router.ts
@@ -11,9 +11,6 @@ import type { Cluster } from "../../common/cluster/cluster";
 import type { LensApiResultContentType } from "./router-content-types";
 import { contentTypes } from "./router-content-types";
 
-// TODO: Import causes side effect, sets value for __static
-import "../../common/vars";
-
 export interface RouterRequestOpts {
   req: http.IncomingMessage;
   res: http.ServerResponse;
diff --git a/src/main/routes/static-file-route.injectable.ts b/src/main/routes/static-file-route.injectable.ts
index e1ee4862b2..bc7fa1a51e 100644
--- a/src/main/routes/static-file-route.injectable.ts
+++ b/src/main/routes/static-file-route.injectable.ts
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import type { SupportedFileExtension } from "../router/router-content-types";
 import { contentTypes } from "../router/router-content-types";
 import logger from "../logger";
 import { routeInjectionToken } from "../router/router.injectable";
-import { appName, publicPath, webpackDevServerPort } from "../../common/vars";
+import { appName, publicPath, staticFilesDirectory, webpackDevServerPort } from "../../common/vars";
 import path from "path";
 import isDevelopmentInjectable from "../../common/vars/is-development.injectable";
 import httpProxy from "http-proxy";
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ interface ProductionDependencies {
 const handleStaticFileInProduction =
   ({ readFileBuffer, getAbsolutePath, joinPaths }: ProductionDependencies) =>
     async ({ params }: LensApiRequest) => {
-      const staticPath = getAbsolutePath(__static);
+      const staticPath = getAbsolutePath(staticFilesDirectory);
       let filePath = params.path;
 
       for (let retryCount = 0; retryCount < 5; retryCount += 1) {
diff --git a/src/main/tray/tray.ts b/src/main/tray/tray.ts
index ed33e7faa5..bef95610fd 100644
--- a/src/main/tray/tray.ts
+++ b/src/main/tray/tray.ts
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ import { showAbout } from "../menu/menu";
 import { checkForUpdates, isAutoUpdateEnabled } from "../app-updater";
 import type { WindowManager } from "../window-manager";
 import logger from "../logger";
-import { isDevelopment, isWindows, productName } from "../../common/vars";
+import { isDevelopment, isWindows, productName, staticFilesDirectory } from "../../common/vars";
 import { exitApp } from "../exit-app";
 import { toJS } from "../../common/utils";
 import type { TrayMenuRegistration } from "./tray-menu-registration";
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ export let tray: Tray;
 
 export function getTrayIcon(): string {
   return path.resolve(
-    __static,
+    staticFilesDirectory,
     isDevelopment ? "../build/tray" : "icons", // copied within electron-builder extras
     "trayIconTemplate.png",
   );
diff --git a/src/renderer/components/dock/create-resource/lens-templates.injectable.ts b/src/renderer/components/dock/create-resource/lens-templates.injectable.ts
index d162dcb931..898855a309 100644
--- a/src/renderer/components/dock/create-resource/lens-templates.injectable.ts
+++ b/src/renderer/components/dock/create-resource/lens-templates.injectable.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 import { getInjectable } from "@ogre-tools/injectable";
 import path from "path";
 import { hasCorrectExtension } from "./has-correct-extension";
-import "../../../../common/vars";
+import { staticFilesDirectory } from "../../../../common/vars";
 import readFileInjectable from "../../../../common/fs/read-file.injectable";
 import readDirInjectable from "../../../../common/fs/read-dir.injectable";
 import type { RawTemplates } from "./create-resource-templates.injectable";
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ interface Dependencies {
 }
 
 async function getTemplates({ readDir, readFile, getAbsolutePath }: Dependencies) {
-  const templatesFolder = getAbsolutePath(__static, "../templates/create-resource");
+  const templatesFolder = getAbsolutePath(staticFilesDirectory, "../templates/create-resource");
 
   /**
    * Mapping between file names and their contents
diff --git a/tsconfig.json b/tsconfig.json
index 9cd814d6d6..8d74393715 100644
--- a/tsconfig.json
+++ b/tsconfig.json
@@ -32,7 +32,11 @@
         "types/*"
       ]
     },
-    "plugins": [{ "name": "typescript-plugin-css-modules" }]
+    "plugins": [
+      {
+        "name": "typescript-plugin-css-modules"
+      }
+    ]
   },
   "ts-node": {
     "transpileOnly": true,
@@ -42,7 +46,7 @@
   },
   "include": [
     "src/**/*",
-    "types/*.d.ts"
+    "types/*.d.ts",
   ],
   "exclude": [
     "node_modules",
diff --git a/types/mocks.d.ts b/types/mocks.d.ts
index 0fbde3b4f9..17dba848b7 100644
--- a/types/mocks.d.ts
+++ b/types/mocks.d.ts
@@ -8,9 +8,6 @@ declare module "win-ca/api"
 declare module "@hapi/call"
 declare module "@hapi/subtext"
 
-// Global path to static assets
-declare const __static: string;
-
 // Support import for custom module extensions
 // https://www.typescriptlang.org/docs/handbook/modules.html#wildcard-module-declarations
 declare module "*.module.scss" {
diff --git a/webpack.dev-server.ts b/webpack.dev-server.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 966a0f32de..0000000000
--- a/webpack.dev-server.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,54 +0,0 @@
-/**
- * Copyright (c) OpenLens Authors. All rights reserved.
- * Licensed under MIT License. See LICENSE in root directory for more information.
- */
-
-import Webpack from "webpack";
-import WebpackDevServer from "webpack-dev-server";
-import { webpackLensRenderer } from "./webpack.renderer";
-import { buildDir, webpackDevServerPort } from "./src/common/vars";
-import logger from "./src/common/logger";
-
-/**
- * Creates `webpack-dev-server`
- * API docs:
- * @url https://webpack.js.org/configuration/dev-server/
- * @url https://github.com/chimurai/http-proxy-middleware
- */
-function createDevServer(): WebpackDevServer {
-  const config = webpackLensRenderer({ showVars: false });
-  const compiler = Webpack(config);
-
-  const server = new WebpackDevServer({
-    setupExitSignals: true,
-    headers: {
-      "Access-Control-Allow-Origin": "*",
-    },
-    allowedHosts: "all",
-    host: "localhost",
-    port: webpackDevServerPort,
-    static: buildDir, // aka `devServer.contentBase` in webpack@4
-    hot: "only", // use HMR only without errors
-    liveReload: false,
-    devMiddleware: {
-      writeToDisk: false,
-      index: "OpenLensDev.html",
-      publicPath: "/build",
-    },
-    proxy: {
-      "^/$": "/build/",
-    },
-    client: {
-      overlay: false, // don't show warnings and errors on top of rendered app view
-      logging: "error",
-    },
-  }, compiler);
-
-  logger.info(`[WEBPACK-DEV-SERVER]: created with options`, server.options);
-
-  return server;
-}
-
-const server = createDevServer();
-
-server.start();
diff --git a/webpack/dev-server.ts b/webpack/dev-server.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3614d56f93
--- /dev/null
+++ b/webpack/dev-server.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+/**
+ * Copyright (c) OpenLens Authors. All rights reserved.
+ * Licensed under MIT License. See LICENSE in root directory for more information.
+ */
+
+import Webpack from "webpack";
+import WebpackDevServer from "webpack-dev-server";
+import { webpackLensRenderer } from "./renderer";
+import logger from "../src/common/logger";
+import { buildDir } from "./vars";
+
+/**
+ * API docs:
+ * @url https://webpack.js.org/configuration/dev-server/
+ * @url https://github.com/chimurai/http-proxy-middleware
+ */
+const config = webpackLensRenderer({ showVars: false });
+const compiler = Webpack(config);
+
+const server = new WebpackDevServer({
+  setupExitSignals: true,
+  headers: {
+    "Access-Control-Allow-Origin": "*",
+  },
+  allowedHosts: "all",
+  host: "localhost",
+  static: buildDir, // aka `devServer.contentBase` in webpack@4
+  hot: "only", // use HMR only without errors
+  liveReload: false,
+  devMiddleware: {
+    writeToDisk: false,
+    index: "OpenLensDev.html",
+    publicPath: "/build",
+  },
+  proxy: {
+    "^/$": "/build/",
+  },
+  client: {
+    overlay: false, // don't show warnings and errors on top of rendered app view
+    logging: "error",
+  },
+}, compiler);
+
+logger.info(`[WEBPACK-DEV-SERVER]: created with options`, server.options);
+
+server.start();
diff --git a/webpack.extensions.ts b/webpack/extensions.ts
similarity index 87%
rename from webpack.extensions.ts
rename to webpack/extensions.ts
index 57064a14be..961c1d3bf2 100644
--- a/webpack.extensions.ts
+++ b/webpack/extensions.ts
@@ -6,25 +6,21 @@
 
 import path from "path";
 import type webpack from "webpack";
-import * as vars from "./src/common/vars";
-import { cssModulesWebpackRule, fontsLoaderWebpackRules, iconsAndImagesWebpackRules } from "./webpack.renderer";
+import { cssModulesWebpackRule, fontsLoaderWebpackRules, iconsAndImagesWebpackRules } from "./renderer";
+import { extensionEntry, extensionOutDir, isDevelopment } from "./vars";
 
 export default function generateExtensionTypes(): webpack.Configuration {
-  const { isDevelopment } = vars;
-  const entry = "./src/extensions/extension-api.ts";
-  const outDir = "./src/extensions/npm/extensions/dist";
-
   return {
     // Compile for Electron for renderer process
     // see <https://webpack.js.org/configuration/target/>
     target: "electron-renderer",
-    entry,
+    entry: extensionEntry,
     // this is the default mode, so we should make it explicit to silence the warning
     mode: isDevelopment ? "development" : "production",
     output: {
       filename: "extension-api.js",
       // need to be an absolute path
-      path: path.resolve(__dirname, `${outDir}/src/extensions`),
+      path: path.resolve(extensionOutDir, "src", "extensions"),
       // can be use in commonjs environments
       // e.g. require('@k8slens/extensions')
       libraryTarget: "commonjs",
@@ -54,7 +50,7 @@ export default function generateExtensionTypes(): webpack.Configuration {
             compilerOptions: {
               declaration: true, // output .d.ts
               sourceMap: false, // to override sourceMap: true in tsconfig.json
-              outDir, // where the .d.ts should be located
+              outDir: extensionOutDir, // where the .d.ts should be located
             },
           },
         },
diff --git a/src/common/getTSLoader.ts b/webpack/get-typescript-loader.ts
similarity index 89%
rename from src/common/getTSLoader.ts
rename to webpack/get-typescript-loader.ts
index 6eb670bf07..57e57245be 100644
--- a/src/common/getTSLoader.ts
+++ b/webpack/get-typescript-loader.ts
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ import type { Options as TSLoaderOptions } from "ts-loader";
  * depends on env LENS_DEV_USE_ESBUILD_LOADER to use esbuild-loader (faster) or good-old ts-loader
  * @returns ts/tsx webpack loader configuration object
  */
-const getTSLoader = (options: Partial<TSLoaderOptions> = {}, testRegExp?: RegExp) => {
+export default function getTypescriptLoader(options: Partial<TSLoaderOptions> = {}, testRegExp?: RegExp) {
   testRegExp ??= /\.tsx?$/; // by default covers react/jsx-stuff
   options.transpileOnly ??= true;
 
@@ -37,6 +37,4 @@ const getTSLoader = (options: Partial<TSLoaderOptions> = {}, testRegExp?: RegExp
       options,
     },
   };
-};
-
-export default getTSLoader;
+}
diff --git a/webpack.main.ts b/webpack/main.ts
similarity index 77%
rename from webpack.main.ts
rename to webpack/main.ts
index db742f44e6..397ffb2968 100755
--- a/webpack.main.ts
+++ b/webpack/main.ts
@@ -7,16 +7,20 @@ import path from "path";
 import type webpack from "webpack";
 import ForkTsCheckerPlugin from "fork-ts-checker-webpack-plugin";
 import nodeExternals from "webpack-node-externals";
-import * as vars from "./src/common/vars";
-import getTSLoader from "./src/common/getTSLoader";
+import getTypeScriptLoader from "./get-typescript-loader";
 import CircularDependencyPlugin from "circular-dependency-plugin";
-import { iconsAndImagesWebpackRules } from "./webpack.renderer";
+import { iconsAndImagesWebpackRules } from "./renderer";
+import type { WebpackPluginInstance } from "webpack";
+import { buildDir, isDevelopment, mainDir } from "./vars";
 
 const configs: { (): webpack.Configuration }[] = [];
 
 configs.push((): webpack.Configuration => {
-  console.info("WEBPACK:main", { ...vars });
-  const { mainDir, buildDir, isDevelopment } = vars;
+  console.info("WEBPACK:main", {
+    isDevelopment,
+    mainDir,
+    buildDir,
+  });
 
   return {
     name: "lens-app-main",
@@ -44,7 +48,7 @@ configs.push((): webpack.Configuration => {
           test: /\.node$/,
           use: "node-loader",
         },
-        getTSLoader({}, /\.ts$/),
+        getTypeScriptLoader({}, /\.ts$/),
         ...iconsAndImagesWebpackRules(),
       ],
     },
@@ -54,8 +58,8 @@ configs.push((): webpack.Configuration => {
         cwd: __dirname,
         exclude: /node_modules/,
         failOnError: true,
-      }),
-    ].filter(Boolean),
+      }) as unknown as WebpackPluginInstance,
+    ],
   };
 });
 
diff --git a/webpack.renderer.ts b/webpack/renderer.ts
similarity index 84%
rename from webpack.renderer.ts
rename to webpack/renderer.ts
index 7b21f9214e..945b233f3d 100755
--- a/webpack.renderer.ts
+++ b/webpack/renderer.ts
@@ -3,25 +3,31 @@
  * Licensed under MIT License. See LICENSE in root directory for more information.
  */
 
-import * as vars from "./src/common/vars";
 import path from "path";
 import type webpack from "webpack";
 import HtmlWebpackPlugin from "html-webpack-plugin";
 import MiniCssExtractPlugin from "mini-css-extract-plugin";
 import ForkTsCheckerPlugin from "fork-ts-checker-webpack-plugin";
 import MonacoWebpackPlugin from "monaco-editor-webpack-plugin";
-import getTSLoader from "./src/common/getTSLoader";
 import CircularDependencyPlugin from "circular-dependency-plugin";
 import ReactRefreshWebpackPlugin from "@pmmmwh/react-refresh-webpack-plugin";
+import type { WebpackPluginInstance } from "webpack";
+import getTypescriptLoader from "./get-typescript-loader";
+import { assetsFolderName, isDevelopment, rendererDir, buildDir, appName, htmlTemplate, publicPath, sassCommonVars } from "./vars";
 
 export function webpackLensRenderer({ showVars = true } = {}): webpack.Configuration {
   if (showVars) {
-    console.info("WEBPACK:renderer", { ...vars });
+    console.info("WEBPACK:renderer", {
+      assetsFolderName,
+      isDevelopment,
+      rendererDir,
+      buildDir,
+      appName,
+      htmlTemplate,
+      publicPath,
+    });
   }
 
-  const assetsFolderName = "assets";
-  const { appName, buildDir, htmlTemplate, isDevelopment, publicPath, rendererDir } = vars;
-
   return {
     target: "electron-renderer",
     name: "lens-app-renderer",
@@ -67,7 +73,7 @@ export function webpackLensRenderer({ showVars = true } = {}): webpack.Configura
           test: /\.node$/,
           use: "node-loader",
         },
-        getTSLoader({
+        getTypescriptLoader({
           getCustomTransformers: () => ({
             before: isDevelopment ? [require("react-refresh-typescript")()] : [],
           }),
@@ -103,14 +109,18 @@ export function webpackLensRenderer({ showVars = true } = {}): webpack.Configura
         cwd: __dirname,
         exclude: /node_modules/,
         failOnError: true,
-      }),
+      }) as unknown as WebpackPluginInstance,
 
       new MiniCssExtractPlugin({
         filename: "[name].css",
       }),
 
-      isDevelopment && new ReactRefreshWebpackPlugin(),
-    ].filter(Boolean),
+      ...(
+        isDevelopment
+          ? []
+          : [new ReactRefreshWebpackPlugin()]
+      ),
+    ],
   };
 }
 
@@ -143,15 +153,17 @@ export function fontsLoaderWebpackRules(): webpack.RuleSetRule[] {
   ];
 }
 
+export interface CssModulesWebpackRuleOptions {
+  styleLoader?: string;
+}
+
 /**
  * Import CSS or SASS styles with modules support (*.module.scss)
- * @param {string} styleLoader
  */
-export function cssModulesWebpackRule(
-  {
-    styleLoader = vars.isDevelopment ? "style-loader" : MiniCssExtractPlugin.loader,
-  } = {}): webpack.RuleSetRule {
-  const { isDevelopment, sassCommonVars } = vars;
+export function cssModulesWebpackRule({ styleLoader }: CssModulesWebpackRuleOptions = {}): webpack.RuleSetRule {
+  styleLoader ??= isDevelopment
+    ? "style-loader"
+    : MiniCssExtractPlugin.loader;
 
   return {
     test: /\.s?css$/,
diff --git a/webpack/tsconfig.json b/webpack/tsconfig.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3c43903cfd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/webpack/tsconfig.json
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+{
+  "extends": "../tsconfig.json"
+}
diff --git a/webpack/vars.ts b/webpack/vars.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..478b04459d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/webpack/vars.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+/**
+ * Copyright (c) OpenLens Authors. All rights reserved.
+ * Licensed under MIT License. See LICENSE in root directory for more information.
+ */
+
+import path from "path";
+import packageInfo from "../package.json";
+
+export const isDevelopment = process.env.NODE_ENV !== "production";
+export const mainDir = path.join(process.cwd(), "src", "main");
+export const buildDir = path.join(process.cwd(), "static", "build");
+export const extensionEntry = path.join(process.cwd(), "src", "extensions", "extension-api.ts");
+export const extensionOutDir = path.join(process.cwd(), "src", "extensions", "npm", "extensions", "dist");
+export const assetsFolderName = "assets";
+export const rendererDir = path.join(process.cwd(), "src", "renderer");
+export const appName = isDevelopment
+  ? `${packageInfo.productName}Dev`
+  : packageInfo.productName;
+export const htmlTemplate = path.resolve(rendererDir, "template.html");
+export const publicPath = "/build/";
+export const sassCommonVars = path.resolve(rendererDir, "components/vars.scss");