Yeah, half as many spokes on non-drive side, radial is a great piece of engineering to even out the tension.

The only other pattern that makes any sense from a durability issue is radial drive-side, elbows out. This will make the left-right tension a little closer to even. You need a decent hub body diameter (modern hubs 2cm or more) to make sure the torque is applied efficiently to the non-drive side without fatigue on the drive side's radial spokes.

Other than these two patterns, there's no value in mixing lacing, IMO. If you go radial non-drive, you really screw up how even your tension is.