public void ConfigureServices(IServiceCollection services)
 {
     services.AddControllers()
            .AddNewtonsoftJson()
     // ...
}

public class Person
{
   public string FirstName { get; set; }
   public string LastName { get; set; }
   public DateTime? BirthDay { get; set; }
}

using System;
using System.Text.Json.Serialization;

namespace ConsoleApp
{
    class Program
    {
        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            Person person = JsonSerializer.Parse<Person>(...);
            string json = JsonSerializer.ToString(person);
        }
    }
}

namespace System.Text.Json.Serialization
{
    public static class JsonSerializer
    {
        public static object Parse(ReadOnlySpan<byte> utf8Json, Type returnType, JsonSerializerOptions options = null);
        public static object Parse(string json, Type returnType, JsonSerializerOptions options = null);
        public static TValue Parse<TValue>(ReadOnlySpan<byte> utf8Json, JsonSerializerOptions options = null);
        public static TValue Parse<TValue>(string json, JsonSerializerOptions options = null);

        public static string ToString(object value, Type type, JsonSerializerOptions options = null);
        public static string ToString<TValue>(TValue value, JsonSerializerOptions options = null);
    }
}

public sealed class JsonSerializerOptions
{
   public bool AllowTrailingCommas { get; set; }
   public int DefaultBufferSize { get; set; }
   public JsonNamingPolicy DictionaryKeyPolicy { get; set; }
   public bool IgnoreNullValues { get; set; }
   public bool IgnoreReadOnlyProperties { get; set; }
   public int MaxDepth { get; set; }
   public bool PropertyNameCaseInsensitive { get; set; }
   public JsonNamingPolicy PropertyNamingPolicy { get; set; }
   public JsonCommentHandling ReadCommentHandling { get; set; }
   public bool WriteIndented { get; set; }
}

// Json.NET:
var settings = new JsonSerializerSettings
{
    NullValueHandling = NullValueHandling.Ignore
};
string json = JsonConvert.SerializeObject(person, settings);

// JsonSerializer:
var options = new JsonSerializerOptions
{
    IgnoreNullValues = true
};
string json = JsonSerializer.ToString(person, options);

services.AddControllers()
   .AddJsonOptions(options => options.JsonSerializerOptions.WriteIndented = true);

[JsonPropertyName("birthdate")]
public DateTime? BirthDay { get; set; }

var options = new JsonSerializerOptions
{
   PropertyNamingPolicy = JsonNamingPolicy.CamelCase
};
string json = JsonSerializer.ToString(person, options);

using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Runtime.CompilerServices;

namespace ConditionalWeakTableSamples
{
    public static class AttachedProperties
    {
        public static ConditionalWeakTable<object,
            Dictionary<string, object>> ObjectCache = new ConditionalWeakTable<object,
                Dictionary<string, object>>();

        public static void SetValue<T>(this T obj, string name, object value) where T : class
        {
            var properties = ObjectCache.GetOrCreateValue(obj);

            if (properties.ContainsKey(name))
                properties[name] = value;
            else
                properties.Add(name, value);
        }

        public static T GetValue<T>(this object obj, string name)
        {
            Dictionary<string, object> properties;
            if (ObjectCache.TryGetValue(obj, out properties) && properties.ContainsKey(name))
                return (T)properties[name];
            return default(T);
        }

        public static object GetValue(this object obj, string name)
        {
            return obj.GetValue<object>(name);
        }
    }
}

    public static class ISecurityPrincipalExtension
    {
        public static bool Disclaimer(this IPrincipal principal)
        {
            return principal.GetValue<bool>("Disclaimer");
        }

        public static void SetDisclaimer(this IPrincipal principal, bool value)
        {
            principal.SetValue("Disclaimer", value);
        }
    }

using System.Runtime.CompilerServices;

namespace ConditionalWeakTableSamples
{
    public static class PropertyExtensions
    {
        private class ExtraPropertyHolder
        {
            public bool IsDirty { get; set; }
        }

        private static readonly ConditionalWeakTable<object, ExtraPropertyHolder> _isDirtyTable
                = new ConditionalWeakTable<object, ExtraPropertyHolder>();

        public static bool IsDirty(this object @this)
        {
            return _isDirtyTable.GetOrCreateValue(@this).IsDirty;
        }

        public static void SetIsDirty(this object @this, bool isDirty)
        {
            _isDirtyTable.GetOrCreateValue(@this).IsDirty = isDirty;
        }
    }
}

public void Closed(DbConnection connection, DbConnectionInterceptionContext interceptionContext)
{
}

using System;
using System.Runtime.CompilerServices;

namespace ConditionalWeakTableSamples
{
    public static class UniqueIdExtensions
    {
        static readonly ConditionalWeakTable<object, string> _idTable = 
                                    new ConditionalWeakTable<object, string>();

        public static string GetUniqueId(this object obj)
        {
            return _idTable.GetValue(obj, o => Guid.NewGuid().ToString());
        }

        public static string GetUniqueId(this object obj, string key)
        {
            return _idTable.GetValue(obj, o => key);
        }
    }
}

//debug

/optimize­ 
/debug:full

//=======================

//Release

/optimize+
/debug:pdbonly

if (numberOfCPUs > 1) {
...
}