[chrisco255]

Changing the type on a value is an anti-pattern, in my opinion. It's not obnoxious to be explicit in your variable names.

[zamalek]

That implies that Hungarian notation is not obnoxious? Sure, that's a fine opinion to have, but I guarantee it is an exceedingly rare one.

[zozbot234]

If you're writing in a language without strong type checking, Hungarian notation makes sense.