Note that you can provide a custom jsonStringify function in your type and std.json will use it. From the doc comment of std.json.stringify.WriteStream.write:
/// * Zig `struct` -> JSON object with each field in declaration order.
/// * If the struct declares a method `pub fn jsonStringify(self: *@This(), jw: anytype) !void`, it is called to do the serialization instead of the default behavior. The given `jw` is a pointer to this `WriteStream`. See `std.json.Value` for an example.
/// * See `StringifyOptions.emit_null_optional_fields`.
/// * Zig `union(enum)` -> JSON object with one field named for the active tag and a value representing the payload.
/// * If the payload is `void`, then the emitted value is `{}`.
/// * If the union declares a method `pub fn jsonStringify(self: *@This(), jw: anytype) !void`, it is called to do the serialization instead of the default behavior. The given `jw` is a pointer to this `WriteStream`.
/// * Zig `enum` -> JSON string naming the active tag.
/// * If the enum declares a method `pub fn jsonStringify(self: *@This(), jw: anytype) !void`, it is called to do the serialization instead of the default behavior. The given `jw` is a pointer to this `WriteStream`.
/// * If the enum is non-exhaustive, unnamed values are rendered as integers.
Example: