In the newest #babashka (1.0.167) you can do this without having a fork of clojure.spec in your bb.edn:
$ bb -e "(require '[clojure.spec.alpha :as s]) (s/valid? int? 2)"
true
The source of https://github.com/babashka/spec.alpha is pre-bundled with added only 100kb to the image.
#clojure
1/2
The current clojure.spec.alpha is interpreted and takes about 50ms to load.
When clojure.spec2 ever comes out, there will be a pre-compiled fast version (which will add roughly 3-5mb to the image).
The trade-off is having some convenience now while saving space for later.