If you enjoyed the Martian, I highly recommend his newest book Project Hail Mary.

Little Bobby Tables is all grown up.

Can you elaborate on what was wrong with your prints after installing? A properly configured 3DTouch will let you get an accurate bed mesh which will improve your prints, but only marginally if your bed is fairly flat to begin with. My guess would be something is off with your configuration, likely either a Z-Offset or a misconfigured mesh.