Bits of .NET

System.Text.Json is fast but MemoryPack uses binary format for extreme performance.

Install:

dotnet add package MemoryPack

Define Serializable Type:

[MemoryPackable]
public partial class User
{
    public int Id { get; set; }
    public string Name { get; set; } = string.Empty;
    public string Email { get; set; } = string.Empty;
    public DateTime CreatedAt { get; set; }
}

Serialize/Deserialize:

var user = new User { Id = 1, Name = "John", Email = "john@example.com" };

// Serialize to bytes
byte[] bytes = MemoryPackSerializer.Serialize(user);

// Deserialize
var restored = MemoryPackSerializer.Deserialize(bytes);

Performance Comparison:

Serialize 100K objects:
System.Text.Json:  850ms,  12MB output
MemoryPack:         75ms,   7MB output
= 11x faster, 40% smaller!

Perfect For: Cache storage, inter-service communication, game state, real-time apps